Boston Public LibrarySacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee (Collection of Distinction)

Police guarding the entrance to Charlestown State Prison. 22 August 1927

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Title:: Police guarding the entrance to Charlestown State Prison. 22 August 1927
Description:: Police guard prision during murder's last hours. Boston...ready for any emergency, State and Boston Police, well armed, were stationed at all points around the jail ready for any outburst from sympathizers of the condemned murders, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, during their last few hours. Gas masks and tear bombs are among the equipment. Above photo shows police guarding the entrance to Charlestown State Prison. (A.B.H.P. & F.M.) W-8/22/27
Photographer:: International Newsreel Corporation
Name on Item:: Photo by "International Newsreel"
Date:: August 22, 1927
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS 2030 Box 65, Folder 1: Buildings: Charlestown State Prison; [Charlestown, Mass., 22-23 August 1927] (shelf locator)
Collection (local):: Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection, 1915-1977
Series:: Series 9: 9: Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters, n.d., 1920-1959, 2006 > Sub-series 2: Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d., 1920 - 1962
Subjects:: Horses
Police
Prisons
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921
Anarchists
Radicalism--United States--History--20th century
Massachusetts State Prison
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 17 x 22 cm
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Notes:: Title from item or from supporting materials.
Stamped on item verso: Warning!! This photograph is supplied by International Newsreel Corp., 1-5 Winthrop Sq., Boston and when published must carry proper credit line. Syndicating prohibited. Not to be used for advertising purposes without written permission.
Notes (acquisition):: The Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee Records were donated to the Boston Public Library by Aneto and Arthur Felicani, March 1979.
Notes (date):: Date from item or from supporting materials.
Call #:: MS 2030 Box 65 F1 (a)