Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC

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Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1972
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (15.1 × 23 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.1 × 23.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.157
Not on view
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Markings Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “VINTAGE PRINT”
Verso, lower right (label, typed black ink): “This print is from / IBL AB / Box 52, S-260 70 Ljungbyhed, Sweden / tel. 0435-407 65 / and should be returned.”
Verso, lower center edge (stamp, blue ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Verso, lower center edge (stamp, black ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Verso, lower right corner (label, black ink): [upside down] “MAG00100012- / 221”
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): “1972”
Verso, lower right (black ink): “72.20.1/27A”
Verso, lower left (red ink): “NEW YORK city: the tomBs prison.” [sic]
Verso, lower right (pencil): “-USA.”
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "LFPW-251"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "4500"
Inmate inside holding cell, 9th police precinct, NYC
Inmate inside holding cell, 9th police precinct, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.158
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. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, 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. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.239
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. Close up of a young white prisoner, 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. Close up of a young white prisoner, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.240
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
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.241
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells,
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells,
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968; printed 2011
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.83
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink; she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit.", NYC
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink; she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit.", NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.150
It was impossible to tell what had happened. Two women were lying, screaming, on the ground. The street was full of excited people. When the dust cleared we found that a man had been shot. His attacker had escaped in the confusion, NYC
It was impossible to tell what had happened. Two women were lying, screaming, on the ground. The street was full of excited people. When the dust cleared we found that a man had been shot. His attacker had escaped in the confusion, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.151
The 9th Precinct office investigation unit with Lieutenant Edward Manet is the very building that Kojak uses in his TV series, NYC
The 9th Precinct office investigation unit with Lieutenant Edward Manet is the very building that Kojak uses in his TV series, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.152
An electronic microscope takes photos of the pistol barrel. Items are microscopically tested to show indentations and markings found on the weapon and on the bullet, NYC
An electronic microscope takes photos of the pistol barrel. Items are microscopically tested to show indentations and markings found on the weapon and on the bullet, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1975
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.155
Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1979
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.156
Police officer crouching in front of door in hallway during a night raid on drug pushers, NYC
Police officer crouching in front of door in hallway during a night raid on drug pushers, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.159
A retired policeman (seated in dark suit and hat) returns to the police station to check up on the detectives' day to day work, NYC
A retired policeman (seated in dark suit and hat) returns to the police station to check up on the detectives' day to day work, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1975
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.160