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[Close-up of foot and ankle of a "heel-stringer"]

close-up of foot and ankle of a heel-stringer

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[Close-up of foot and ankle of a "heel-stringer"]

Description:

Close-up of foot and ankle of a "heel-stringer," a prisoner who deliberately mutilated and disabled himself by cutting the muscles above the heel to avoid work on a Texas prison farm, 09/11/1947

Item File:

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Social Welfare and Employment, Social Welfare and Communities

Keywords:

Prison, Crime, Human rights, Institutions, Physical disability, Injuries

Creator:

McPhall, Dub (Photographer)

Date Created:

1947-09-11

Image Type:

Black & White, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10013936

Call Number:

AR406-6 09/11/1947 2064

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

Rights:

Any use of content downloaded or printed from this site is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information, high resolution reproduction requests, or for commercial use please contact Special Collections at The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.

Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

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

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