- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Georgia State Board of Prisons' Hearings
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1943-08-25
- Subject:
- Prisons--Georgia--Cartersville
Detention facilities--Georgia--Cartersville
Prisoners--Georgia--Cartersville
Prison laborers--Georgia--Cartersville
Punishment and torture--Georgia--Cartersville
Prison reform--Georgia--Cartersville
Prison uniforms--1940-1950
Clothing and dress--1940-1950
Huff, Walter C.
Clay, A. W. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Cartersville, 34.16533, -84.80231
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A view of prisoner Walter C. Huff displaying his heel which he cut with a safety razor blade to sever his heel muscle as a protest against the alleged cruelty to convicts at the Georgia State Board of Prisons' Hearings in Cartersville Georgia.
The Georgia State Board of Prisons held a hearing in August of 1943 to address convict allegations that the Warden of their prison camp, Warden A. W. Clay, was verbally and physically abusing prisoners. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.124.12
ahc082124012a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/718
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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