Description: Salem, OREGON - State Penitentiary - Prison: Prior to the construction of prisons in Oregon, many people convicted of crimes were either hanged or pardoned. Oregon State Penitentiary was originally built in Portland in 1851. Operating this facility proved difficult because it spanned two blocks, with a city street running through the middle. In 1859, the facility was leased to private contractors (Robert Newell and L. N. English), who instituted a system of prison labor. This new system led to many escapes. In 1866 the state officially moved the penitentiary to a 26-acre (110,000 m2) site in Salem, enclosed by a reinforced concrete wall averaging 14 feet (4.3 m) in height. The prison also began using a device called the "Gardner shackle" (later called the "Oregon Boot"), a heavy metal device attached to prisoners' legs to impede movement. The prison announced in 1904 that it would end the use of flogging, and instead punish prisoners by spraying them with cold water from a garden hose. The prison experimented briefly in 1917–1918 with an "honor system" in which 130 prisoners were paroled with certain conditions. In the 1920s, the Penitentiary created a flax plant which employed more than half of its inmates. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. Edward H. Mitchell. San Francisco. No. 1095.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Continent: North America
Material: Paper
Theme: Architecture, Prison, Government, Cities & Towns
Region: Oregon
Country: USA
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Architecture, Divided Back
Subject: State Penitentiary
Postage Condition: Unposted
City/Region: Salem
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Salem
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Modified Item: No
Penitentiary: Prisn
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Factory: Flax
Era: Pre-War (Pre-1914)
Brand/Publisher: Edward H. Mitchell
