legirons
2 photos and 1 illustration tagged legirons, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- ship
- prison
- libraryofcongress
- success
- floatingmuseum
- xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
- convictship
- blackandwhite
- rigging
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- chains
- rope
- ballandchain
- dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain12315
- nationallibraryofmedicine
- imagesfromthehistoryofmedicine
- ihm
- historyofmedicinedivision
- stillimage
- pictorialworks
- lithographic
- prisoncell
- burke
- nimmo
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Recent uploads
The last upload was September 2018.
Burke, The Murderer!! from National Library of Medicine uploaded September 2018
Leg irons etc. on SUCCESS (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2008
Leg irons etc. on SUCCESS (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2008
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Leg irons etc. on SUCCESS (LOC)
- Nathan Adams said:
- Olivia Lovag said:
- rjnorgard said:
Leg irons etc. on SUCCESS (LOC)
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Nathan Adams said:
The Success was a floating museum which "the horrors of penal transportation in Great Britain and the United States of America between the 1890s and the 1930s." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_(prison_ship)
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deckhand said:
Aside from the dubious subject matter (leg irons) I'm struck by the crispness, sharpness of the photo. It's perfectly focused and exposure setting is great, with nice black-and-white contrast.
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swanq said:
See also blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/26/torture-devices-of-the... for page images with a recent transcription of a 1930s article on the Success.
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rjnorgard said:
If want to learn in more detail about, and see many more photos of this extraordinary vessel, check out my website and blog. I have researched this ship for over 40 years. Rich Norgard www.shipsuccess.com www.shipsuccess.blogspot.com