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File:The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-style prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, that operated from 1876 to 1995 LCCN2015631907.tif

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English: Title: The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-style prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, that operated from 1876 to 1995

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).; Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Currently (as of 2015) the huge stone structure that housed hundreds of inmates is maintained as a tourist attraction and training facility.
Date Taken on 12 May 2015, 19:12 (according to Exif data)
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Library of Congress

Author
Carol M. Highsmith  (1946–)  wikidata:Q5044454
 
Carol M. Highsmith
Alternative names

Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney

Artist name: Carol M. Highsmith
Carol McKinney Highsmith
Description American photographer and architectural photographer
Date of birth 18 May 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Leaksville, North Carolina
Work period 1981-
Work location
United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5044454
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No known restrictions on publication.

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID highsm.31832.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Public domain This work is from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
Carol M. Highsmith has stipulated that her photographs are in the public domain. Photographs of sculpture or other works of art may be restricted by the copyright of the artist.

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West Virginia State Penitentiary is a decommissioned, gothic-style prison which operated from 1876 to 1995 located in Moundsville, West Virginia.

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West Virginia Penitentiary

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current14:41, 11 September 2016Thumbnail for version as of 14:41, 11 September 20167,523 × 6,231 (268.31 MB)FæLOC 2015631907, Carol M. Highsmith collection. P423.13813 TIFF (268.3mb)
14:41, 11 September 2016Thumbnail for version as of 14:41, 11 September 20167,523 × 6,231 (268.31 MB)FæLOC 2015631907, Carol M. Highsmith collection. P423.13813 TIFF (268.3mb)
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