# United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: East Wagon Gate (Department of Justice album)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-99904445-leavenworth-east-wagon-gate/

Plate 19 of the Department of Justice album of the Atlanta and Leavenworth penitentiaries, ca. 1900 to ca. 1925, captioned "East wagon gate." The photograph shows an arched brick gateway inscribed "U.

The catalog title is "United States Penitentiary - Leavenworth, Kansas: East Wagon Gate," local identifier 60-AL-19. It is plate 19 of the Department of Justice album of views of the penitentiaries at Atlanta and Leavenworth, two of the first three United States penitentiaries. The page is headed "UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY--LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS." and the caption reads, in English and Spanish, "East wagon gate" / "Entrada de carros por el este."

The photograph shows an arched brick gateway inscribed "U. S. PENITENTIARY" with an iron gate, set in walls with blind arches on either side.

The catalog dates the series "ca. 1900 - ca. 1925," and the item carries no date of its own, so no year is claimed. The series description says the album documents phases of construction and includes "a few photos of the prisoners." No prisoner or officer is named.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog, General Records of the Department of Justice (RG 60), Album of Views of the Penitentiaries at Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99904445
- National Archives series: Album of Views of the Penitentiaries at Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth (NAID 518093): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/518093