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

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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. 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
Artist/Maker (French-American, born Algeria, 1935)
DateFebruary 3, 1968
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23.9 × 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 number2023.12.239
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Markings Verso, center (stamp, blue ink): "PHOTOGRAPHIE PAR / J.-P. LAFFONT - GAMMA / 4, Rue Augusta Vacquerie - Paris-16e (727.12.55)"
Verso, center left (stamp, black ink): [written sideways] "U.S.A. PRISON HOMMES ET FEMMES / ETAT ARKANSAS -- Cumming Farm"
Verso, lower center (stamp, blue ink): "DOCUMENT A RENDRE"
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "JPL-F-01"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "2500-"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "Fccf 6015"
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
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins, Arkansas
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.242
Portrait of a prisoner working in the Cummins Unit of farm area of Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins Arkansas
Portrait of a prisoner working in the Cummins Unit of farm area of Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.243
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary fighting, Cummins, Arkansas
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
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary fighting, Cummins, Arkansas
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: 2023.12.245
Using my presence, a prisoner tries to start some disturbance. He is subdued by a guard in the Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Cummins, Arkansas
Using my presence, a prisoner tries to start some disturbance. He is subdued by a guard in the Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.246
The Arkansas Traveller : Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas
The Arkansas Traveller : Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas
John Cameron
Date: published 1870
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.7
The Turn of the Tune: Traveller playing the "Arkansas Traveller."
The Turn of the Tune: Traveller playing the "Arkansas Traveller."
John Cameron
Date: published 1870
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.88
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, …
Inmate outside warden’s office, about to be transferred by local authorities, from the series "Conversations with the Dead"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.44
Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.157
The Smoking Fire, plate VI from the series "Invenzioni Capric di Carceri All'Acqua Forte Datte in Luce da Giovani Buzard in Roma Mercante al Corso (Fanciful images of Prisons, etchings published by Giovanni Buzard in Rome, conducting business on the Corso)"
The Smoking Fire, plate VI from the series "Invenzioni Capric di Carceri All'Acqua Forte Datte in Luce da Giovani Buzard in Roma Mercante al Corso (Fanciful images of Prisons, etchings published by Giovanni Buzard in Rome, conducting business on the Corso)"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date: 1750
Medium: Etching, engraving, and sulphur tint or open bite
Object number: 1993.2