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Catalog Number |
C23.004 |
Title |
Key said to have come from the PNSY Prison |
Object Name |
Key |
Description |
A brass key with flattened oval head - "A" in center; flat shank, complex key wards at end. On head: "Folger Adam Co./Joliet, Ill." On shank is stamped "411A" and on reverse: "B1". |
Year Range from |
1908 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Artist |
Folger Adam Company |
Dimensions |
W-2.25 L-4.5 inches |
Material |
Brass |
Place of Origin |
Joliet, Illinois |
Provenance |
Donor's father apparently received these from Mildred Copley Haberlen, whose father James R. Copley was a guard at the prison. Her brother Joseph P., Copley may have had these in his collection. |
People |
Copley, James, 1891-1968 Copley, Joseph P., 1928-1990 Haberlen, Mildred Haberlen Sawtelle, Joseph G., 1928-2000 |
Search Terms |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Prison |
Subjects |
Keys Prisons Prison Cells Kittery (Me.) |