Devil's Island has no wooden pistol breaks : French convicts being taken to the prison ship La Martiniere

Drawing shows French convicts being loaded on a two-wheel horse-drawn wood wagon to the prison ship La Martiniere at a French port for transport to the French Guiana penal colonly. Two blue-clad guards wearing capes and kepis oversee the loading. One guard carries a rifle.

Publication date: 1934-07-22

Size: 10.9 x 14.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: full color

Language:

• English

Geography:

• France

Subject(s):

• Carts & wagons--French--France--1930-1940
• Prison guards--France--1930-1940
• Prisoners--France--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Drawings
• Illustrations
• Sketches

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 22, 1934), p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg