The Miller Group
(images courtesy the Miller family of Anamosa)

These interesting photos were taken in the early 1900's

• Inmate in striped clothing, representing the 3rd "grade". An inmate could eventually earn his way to wearing less glaring clothing.
• Bertillon #1: the Bertillon system was widely used in early corrections as a means of identifying inmates by using head measurements.
• Bertillon #2
• License-plate-making machinery.
• An inmate being placed into (or taken out of!) solitary confinement.
• Locomotive exiting institution. Contrary to the caption, this gate was never "walled off", and is still in use, although trains no longer service the institution.