# Photographs Illustrating the Facilities and Activities of the Bureau of Prisons (National Archives series)

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National Archives series of photographs of federal prisons and camps, mostly from about 1930: buildings, living conditions, dining, recreation and custody procedures. Three items from it are filed here.

The series holds black-and-white and color photographs of federal penal institutions and camps, mostly from about 1930, showing buildings and grounds, living conditions, dining, recreation, custody procedures and vocational training. A finding aid lists the institutions depicted; it was not opened for this archive. The photographs are held at the National Archives at College Park, in Still Pictures.

Searched within the series, the catalog returned two Alcatraz items dated 24 June 1957 ([dining room](/items/nara-280956858-alcatraz-dining-room-1957/) and [serving counter](/items/nara-280956861-alcatraz-culinary-counter-1957/)) and one Lewisburg item dated 9 October 1947 ([exterior](/items/nara-505633614-lewisburg-exterior-1947/)). Searches for Leavenworth, Terminal Island, Marion and Atlanta within the series returned nothing.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/532602