Interior of the old dungeon, old witch jail, Salem, Mass. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Interior of the old dungeon, old witch jail, Salem, Mass. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Interior of the old dungeon, old witch jail, Salem, Mass.
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The interior shown here is of a dungeon cell in Salem, Massachusetts, a place its label calls the "old witch jail." The name ties the building to the 1692 witch trials, when accused residents were held in local jails before the court proceedings, and twenty people were executed. The stone-and-iron cell in this photograph, however, belongs to a later jail built in the early nineteenth century, so the nickname reflects how the town remembered its past rather than the building's original age. Taken around 1935, the picture records a time when Salem's witch history drew many visitors, and it captures the dim, confined conditions that made such spaces feel like relics of that earlier era.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1935. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,182 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121112 |
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