Convicts in a Georgia Chain Gang, with printer annotations, 1931

Convicts in a Georgia Chain Gang, with printer annotations, 1931

Chain gangs, Southern prisons, thirties, print process

Photo of black convicts working as part of a Georgia chain gang in the early 1930s. Photo edited for publication in a newspaper. Printers notes on back.

Spivak John L. (John Louis) 1897-1981

Harry Ransom Center, John L. (John Louis) Spivak Literary File, circa 1931, Container 1, Folder 5, Accession number 957:0108:0034

Harry Ransom Center

1931

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1930s, American South, Georgia