Includes an exterior view of the admininstration building and entrance gate at Oakdale Reformatory in Dwight, Illinois. The buildings are picturesque brick structures with slate roofs. Photographed for architect C. Herrick Hammond by Hedrich-Blessing studio. The institution was the women's prison for Illinois, originally known as the Oakdale Reformatory for Women, then the Illinois State Reformatory for Women, and later as the Dwight Correctional Center.
Dimensions
1 negative : cellulose nitrate ; 8 x 10 in. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
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