Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Serving the prisoners food, Cummins, Arkansas

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Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Serving the prisoners food, Cummins, Arkansas
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Serving the prisoners food, Cummins, Arkansas
Artist/Maker (French-American, born Algeria, 1935)
DateFebruary 3, 1968
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (23.8 × 16 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.241
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, center (stamp, blue ink): [written sideways] "PHOTOGRAPHIE PAR / J.-P. LAFFONT - GAMMA / 4, Rue Augusta Vacquerie - Paris-16e (727.12.55)"
Verso, upper center (stamp, black ink): [written sideways] "U.S.A. PRISON HOMMES ET FEMMES / ETAT ARKANSAS -- Cumming Farm"

Inscribed Verso, lower left corner (pencil): "JPL-F-03"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): "2500-"
Verso, upper center (pencil): "Fccf 6017"
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary fighting, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.244
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Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.245
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Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
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Photo by John Bentham.
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, …
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Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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