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1930209001930. Prison & Incarceration Angola Prison Documentary Press Photograph Archive Depicting Inmate Living Conditions and Institutional Control at Louisiana State Penitentiary 1930-1976Former plantation Angola prison press photographs documenting Louisiana State Penitentiary the former Angola plantation turned state prison one of the most historically significant and controversial carceral institutions in the United States. Established on the grounds of a former slave plantation along the Mississippi River Angola developed into the largest maximum-security prison in the United States and became widely known during the twentieth century for forced agricultural labor racial segregation and persistent investigations into prison conditions. Photographs in this archive record inmate life security practices and the physical structure of the prison during the mid-twentieth century including images produced during the period when prison reform and incarceration policy became subjects of national debate.<br /> <br /> Archive of nine silver gelatin press photographs dating from 1930-1976 documenting the Angola prison complex and its inmates. Most photographs measure approximately 6 x 9 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Images include views of cell interiors with bunk beds and barred doors prisoners standing or moving through institutional corridors and groups of inmates assembled outdoors within the prison grounds. One photograph from 1973 shows a Black inmate seated on an upper bunk reading a book inside a crowded cell. Another 1973 image shows an unnamed Black prisoner wearing a bandana while looking outward through barred windows. A 1975 press photograph depicts a guard scanning Black inmate Kenny Johnston with a metal detector following a federal court order requiring the prison to adopt new security procedures. A 1976 image shows Black and white prisoners walking along a railway path within the prison yard dressed in everyday work clothing. The earliest photograph dated 1930 shows a group of white businessmen standing outside a wooden structure near a large stack of boxes reportedly constructed by prison labor. Several photographs retain original press captions or news articles attached verso including commentary on prison reform calling for a shift away from large centralized maximum-security institutions toward smaller community-based correctional facilities.<br /> <br /> Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola emerged during the twentieth century as one of the most widely studied American prisons because of its origins as a former plantation and its long association with forced agricultural labor performed by incarcerated men. Convicts were historically housed in buildings originally constructed for enslaved people and compelled to work the surrounding fields. Public scrutiny intensified during the twentieth century as journalists courts and reform advocates documented violence racial inequality and inadequate living conditions inside the prison. By the 1970s the period represented most strongly in this archive the American criminal justice system faced growing calls for reform as federal courts intervened in prison administration and journalists published investigations into inmate treatment and overcrowding. Minor editorial markings and light edge wear consistent with press handling; overall condition very good. A cohesive documentary archive illustrating the lived environment of incarceration at one of the most historically consequential prisons in the United States. unknown
9883recueil périodique des lettres des évêques et des missionnaires des missions des deux mondes, et de tous les documents relatifs aux missions et à l’œuvre de la propagation de la foi. Collection faisant suite aux lettres édifiantes. Année 1899-1900 faux-titre, titre 480 pages- Faux-titre, titre 480 pages ; illustrations à pleine page et dans le texte. Missions d’Asie-Hindoustan-Indochine- Missions d’Afrique, d’Amérique, d’Océanie- Missions d’Europe (d’Asie, Chine, Corée, Japon. Missions d’Afrique : Bénin, haut Congo, Madagascar, Bas Niger, Haut Niger,. Mission d’Amérique, d’Océanie etc. Lyon A Lyon chez l’éditeur des annales 1899-1900 en un volume in 8 demi cuir marron titre, fers, filets, roulette dorés.
9884Collectif Annales de la propagation de la foi recueil périodique des lettres des évêques et des missionnaires des missions des deux mondes, et de tous les documents relatifs aux missions et à l’œuvre de la propagation de la foi. Collection faisant suite aux lettres édifiantes. Année 1831- 1832 Pages 502 à 726 puis 734 pages. Titre à chaque livraison. Missions de l’Ohio, de l’Alabama, de la Louisiane- Missions de Babylone, de SIA, des Malabares- de Boston, du Missouri etc. A Lyon chez M. P Rusand & Cie 1931-1832. En un fort volume in 8 demi-cuir foncé, titre, tomaison, filets, roulette, nom en pied, dorés. Très bon état
9882recueil périodique des lettres des évêques et des missionnaires des missions des deux mondes, et de tous les documents relatifs aux missions et à l’œuvre de la propagation de la foi. Collection faisant suite aux lettres édifiantes. Année 1861-1862 Faux-titre, titre 496 pages. Faux-titre, titre 495 pages A Lyon chez l’éditeur des annales 1861 1862 mission de l’Inde- missions d’Europe- misions d’Asie : Thibet, Syrie, Inde, Chine, Cochinchine, Tong King, Corée, missions d’Afrique : d’Amérique, Canada… Missions d’Asie : Chine, Mandchourie, Cochinchine, et Tong King, missions de l’Océanie, du Dahomey etc. En un volume in 8 demi cuir marron, titre, fers, roulette, filets palmette dorés. Pale mouillure en tête sans gravité.
10806A Genève, Jean-Emmanuel Didier & Compagnie, 1786, 1 veau marbré, dos et plats frottés, coins et coiffes émoussées. 3 volumes in-12 de 352, 390 et 347 pp., manque sur la page de faux-titre du tome 3 ;
463p. + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. 4to. Original full brown cloth binding, lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Spine repaired. Hardbound. Apparently Limited to only 100 copies, this original First Edition is rarely found in the marketplace. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 3
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18616313Baton Rouge: J.M. Taylor 1861. About very good. 7pp. Disbound. Minor edge wear small dampstains at lower right corner. Minor tanning and faint foxing. Scarce report for the Vicksburg Shreveport and Texas Railroad issued in the same month that Louisiana seceded from the United States. This edition details the construction completed up to January 1861 and encourages the state legislature to continue funding the project given the context of secession -- "Event are beginning to justify the policy of the State in extending aid to the full extent of Constitutional ability to the various railroads with its boundaries. As a means of military defense this road is of great importance to the state. If any emergency should make it necessary to concentrate a body of armed men in any of the parishes on the Mississippi the citizen-soldiers from the more populous upland parishes may be carried over it from Monroe in a few hours." OCLC notes several institutions with small runs of this report but most seem to lack this January 1861 issue. J.M. Taylor unknown
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