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A View of the Cell Block Facing the West at the Rear of the Main Cell Block


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      Description: Monochrome photograph laminated over a white cardboard mount showing the two stories of cell blocks which face the prsion wall. The guards tower extends over the top of the prison cells. Standing underneath the guards tower is prison officer Ron Barwick. These cells were built in the 1850s and the men were kept in them for up to twelve hours a day.

Format: Pictorial and artistic works
Object: photographs

Titles:
A View of the Cell Block Facing the West at the Rear of the Main Cell Block

Subjects: prisonsprison cellshistoric sites

People/Orgs: Hobart Penitentiary Barracks

Places: Hobart, Tasmania

Institution: Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Management Committee

Object number: PCH_00009

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