Reform School – Historic Print
(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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Reform School
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Among the buildings on this board, this 1905 photoprint is set apart by its subject: a reform school, an institution for young people judged to be in trouble with the law. The record credits F.B. Johnston as photographer. Johnston was one of the best-known American women photographers of her time, working in documentary and portrait styles from the 1890s into the 1900s. Reform schools of that era typically combined daily work, schooling, and trade training with strict supervision, all meant to correct behavior. The caption card that supplies these details has not been verified, so the facts here should be read with that in mind.
| Created / published | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by F.B. Johnston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 989 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107597 |
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