Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells, Ramsey

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Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells, Ramsey
Image Not Available for Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells, Ramsey

Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells, Ramsey

Portfoliofrom the series, "Conversations with the Dead"
Date1967-1969, printed 1983
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 279 x 354 mm. (11 x 13 15/16 in.)
Image: 230 x 229 mm. (9 1/16 x 9 in.)
Credit LineGift of Stanley Kogan and Lynda Winston, Baltimore
Object number1985.214.14
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
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