Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum
Salem Jail Photographs
Detail from:
Yard, Salem Jail
This collection contains color slides, contact sheets, and negatives, as well as black-and-white contact sheets, negatives, and one 8 x 10 photograph of the Salem, Massachusetts jail. That photograph was taken January 24, 1991, by Robert Weis, Dean Lahikainen, and Jim McAlister after prisoners had been moved to a new facility in Middleton.
Areas photographed (names used by the staff): The Trap, Control Room, Records Office, The Floor, Cage, Booking Room, Kitchen, Laundry Room, Boiler Room, Library/Chapel, Nurses Room, Dining Room, Red Tier (Cell block), Dept. Supt. Office, and exterior of building.
Areas photographed (names used by the staff): The Trap, Control Room, Records Office, The Floor, Cage, Booking Room, Kitchen, Laundry Room, Boiler Room, Library/Chapel, Nurses Room, Dining Room, Red Tier (Cell block), Dept. Supt. Office, and exterior of building.