- Image ID
- DN-0001600
- Headline
- Police matron searching a female prisoner by holding the prisoner's jacket open and looking inside
- Date Depicted
- circa 1904
- Date Created
- circa 1904
- Creator
- Chicago Daily News, Inc.
- Creator Role
- photographer
- Artwork/Object Depicted
- glass negatives
- Copyright Notice
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2015, all rights reserved
- Credit Line
- DN-0001600, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum
- Inventory Number
- 1960.784
- Storage Location
- Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum
- Acquisition Source
- Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc.
- Max Pixels - Height
- 6211
- Max Pixels - Width
- 4507
- KEYWORDS
- Chicago (Ill.)
Chicago House of Correction
police
prisoners
searches
women
DN-0001600.tif
DN-0001600
Image of a police matron searching a female prisoner, probably in the Chicago House of Correction, located at West 26th Street and South California Avenue in the South Lawndale community area of Chicago, Illinois. This portrait shows the women standing facing each other with the prisoner's back to the camera. The woman performing the search is facing the camera and is holding the prisoner's jacket open and looking inside. The woman prisoner is shown wearing street clothes including a hat and fur collar, and is holding a purse. This interior view shows bare walls and floor with the exception of a portion of a chair visible in the background.