[Chain gang prisoners and guards, Thomasville, Georgia] – Antique Print
![[Chain gang prisoners and guards, Thomasville, Georgia], [ca. 1890] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/33/3387b3c8a048-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Chain gang prisoners and guards, Thomasville, Georgia], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Chain gang prisoners and guards, Thomasville, Georgia]
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Chain gangs were a common feature of Southern labor systems after Reconstruction, and this print documents one in Thomasville, Georgia, a railroad and timber town in the southwest part of the state. The men are shown in convict stripes, shackled together, with armed guards standing among them, a visual record of how forced labor was organized in the period. The title and date come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, so the photograph is best read as evidence of the practice in general terms. Prints like this one are valued by researchers because they show the working conditions and the authority structure of the system as its contemporaries saw it.
| Created / published | [ca. 1890] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890. |
| Notes | In album. Formerly identified as vol. 4. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,249 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116762 |
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