Object Details
- Commissioned by
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Description
- A steel and concrete tower with external stairway that sits on a raised platform. The tower has a window on each of its four sides. A doorway is on the side closest to the metal stairs. The tower has a corrugated metal roof.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
- 1900-1950
- Object number
- 2013.26.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- towers (single built works)
- Medium
- steel and concrete
- Dimensions
- 255 × 108 × 84 in. (647.7 × 274.3 × 213.4 cm)
- Place collected
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Labor
- Prisons
- Rural life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.26.1ab
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd567bdad19-19c6-4848-bb39-8f5a892afce2
