Caption
Interior of Oslebshausen prison with prison guards on a walkway, photograph, Part of Photo album of Carl Heinrich Fliegenschmidt, prison director at Oslebshausen., Oslebshausen, c. 1890 - c. 1910, photographer, Bremen (city), pasteboard, paper, daylight collodion silver print, height 78 mm x width 110 mm, prison, jail, prison personnel: jailers, warders, guards, A vertical photograph of two sepia-toned images mounted on textured paper showing an interior with multiple levels of metal walkways and staircases, arched doorways with barred openings, and column supports; the upper image is hazy and depicts railings, landings, and silhouettes of figures on a walkway, while the lower image is clearer and shows a central elevated platform with railings supported by slender columns, metal lattice staircases, window light casting shadows on a patterned floor, and a few figures standing on the platform and nearby walkways.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B10_022
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47.6Mb (8.6Mb) / 11.0in x 16.8in / 3298 x 5049 (300dpi)