Guard tower from Camp H at Angola Prison

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Object Details

Commissioned by

Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835

Description

A steel and concrete tower with external stairway that sits on a raised platform. The tower has a window on each of its four sides. A doorway is on the side closest to the metal stairs. The tower has a corrugated metal roof.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola

Date

1900-1950

Object number

2013.26.1ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

towers (single built works)

Medium

steel and concrete

Dimensions

255 × 108 × 84 in. (647.7 × 274.3 × 213.4 cm)

Place collected

West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Buildings and Structures

Exhibition

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

American South

Labor

Prisons

Rural life

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd567bdad19-19c6-4848-bb39-8f5a892afce2

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.26.1ab