My newest pictures (Under construction)
Most of the pics are from old postcards I collected from friends and antique stores. They are postmarked between 1900-1915, carry 1 or 2 cent stamps, and a message . The rest were found online.
Michigan Reformatory Photos
This is where we worked until it's closure in December 2001, though it looks a bit different .
Check out this Ultra High Resolution RMI Panorama (6746X1425 pixels-over 400K) taken the week it closed for refurbishing
One ~88k
Two ~62k
Three ~70k
Eight ~27k
Nine ~33k
Antique Plate ~64k
Antique Badge ~18k
Recreation pics ~Another file, thanks Greg!
Old Jackson Prison (Between North Ave and Ganson St. Now a National Guard Armory.)
Cellblock ~48k
Cellblock ~75k
Concert in front of Dining Hall ~69k
Dining Hall ~69k
Dining Hall ~69k
Grounds ~74k
During 1912 Riots ~83k
During 1912 Riots ~69k
Vineyard ~59k
Front with buggy ~38k
Front with old car ~50k
East end ~44k
Birdseye view ~68k
New Jackson Prison
(North of Parnall Rd.)
Inside the rotunda ~73k
Front ~67k
Corner ~86k
From the rotunda ~73k
Bird's eye view ~72k
The chow hall 1940 ~24k
Pics of Marquette Branch Prison
One ~46k
Two ~55k
Three ~26k
Four ~26k
Five ~35k
The Yard ~12k
Under construction ~40k
Sunken Gardens ~61k
Pictures of Michigan State Asylum, now the site of Riverside Correctional Facility, where I worked from 1988-1996.
One ~45k
Two ~59k
Three ~41k
Four ~42k
Five ~99k
Six ~47k
Seven ~58k
Eight ~66k
Prison Slips (humor behind the wall)
Red Smith's Jackson Prison file
Traverse City State Hospital Pictures
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