[20 prison convicts mutilated and disabled themselves by cutting their Achilles tendons at Darrington Prison Farm]

[20 prison convicts mutilated and disabled themselves by cutting their Achilles tendons at Darrington Prison Farm]

Description:

20 prison convicts mutilated and disabled themselves by cutting their Achilles tendons at Darrington Prison Farm, Brazoria County near Sandy Point south of Houston, Texas, 09/19/1947. The photograph shows some of the prisoners sitting in a large field in white uniforms, while a guard on horseback and holding a shotgun is behind them. In the distance is the prison.

Item File:

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Government Agencies

Keywords:

Prison, Physical disability

Persons:

McPhall, Dub

Places:

Darrington Prison Farm

Creator:

McPhall, Dub (Photographer)

Date Created:

1947-09-19

Image Type:

Black & White, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10013934

Call Number:

AR406-6 09/19/1947 2064

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

Rights:

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)