Convicts "Doing Their Bit." Even the convicts in the Eastern Penitentiary at Philadelphia are doing their bit for war work. The picture shows them picking potatoe bugs in the prison garden
Summary
Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: International Film Service.
Group Title: General, United States.
Data: International Film Service.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 13
Tags
american red cross
pennsylvania
philadelphia
glass negatives
photo
convicts
bit
eastern penitentiary
war work
potatoe bugs
prison garden
ultra high resolution
high resolution
world war i
wwi
ww 1
united states history
gardening
garden
library of congress
Date
01/01/1917
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html