# Exterior of Lewisburg Penitentiary, 9 October 1947 (National Archives)

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Bureau of Prisons photograph dated 9 October 1947 of the exterior of the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: a brick building with a tall tower. The catalog's caption reads "Lewisburg Letter."

The catalog gives the caption as "Lewisburg Letter." and the date as 9 October 1947. The photograph shows the exterior of the penitentiary: a brick building with tall windows and a tall tower, with trees in front. The local identifier, taken from the image file name, is 129-G-78-10.

The Bureau of Prisons says USP Lewisburg opened in 1932 as the first penitentiary built by the Bureau ([timeline](/items/bop-history-timeline/)). The warden's notebook page for [Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson](/items/nara-236734275-bumpy-johnson-alcatraz-1954/) prints "Trans. to Lewisburg 1-26-63." No other inmate record filed in this archive places a man at Lewisburg.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/505633614
- National Archives series: Photographs Illustrating the Facilities and Activities of the Bureau of Prisons (NAID 532602): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/532602