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| Photo negatives create snapshot of prison's past |
| By usatoday.com- - Mike Kilen |
| Published: 09/09/2014 |
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Mark Fullenkamp grew up in Fort Madison, where the old stone prison looms like an imposing poltergeist. His mom had a job as a secretary there. One of her first tasks in 1963 was to order a hanging rope for the last Iowa execution. Like others in town, he'd heard prison stories and wondered about the men who came and went, disturbed murderers who were executed or embezzlers who turned into kind souls. So when he found out the Iowa State Penitentiary was closing, the photography hobbyist asked if he could take a look around. What Fullenkamp found amazed him. Back in a dusty shed were dozens of wooden boxes. When he opened them, he found hundreds of glass-plate negatives, the kind used before film photography. On closer inspection, what he saw were the ghostly faces of men, intake photos dating back 150 years. Read More. |
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