Where fire-trapped convicts died

Full masthead photo of the prison yard at Columbus, Ohio where a fire killed prisoners. People move around the smokey prison yard, wrapped in blankets.

Publication date: 1930-04-27

Size: 17 x 36.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: sepia

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Columbus (Ohio)

Temporal: 1930-04-21

Subject(s):

• Disaster victims--Ohio--Columbus--1930-1940
• Fires--Ohio--Columbus--1930-1940
• Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)--Disasters--1930-1940
• Prisoners--Ohio--Columbus--1930-1940
• Prisons--Ohio--Columbus--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• News photographs
• Photographs

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 (April 27, 1930), Picture Section, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Inc.