Beauty shop photograph
Title |
Beauty shop photograph |
Subject |
Photography--Ohio Ohio Reformatory for Women Prisons Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections |
Time Period |
1950s 1960s |
Place |
Marysville (Ohio) Union County (Ohio) |
Description |
Dated ca. 1950-1965, this photograph shows the beauty shop at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, cosmetology being one of the vocational trades offered to inmates. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler, and notorious inmate Velma West. |
Creator |
Ohio Reformatory for Women |
Date of Original |
ca. 1950-1965 |
Collection |
Photographs of inmates, staff, and buildings, ca. 1935-1965 |
Source |
State Archives Series 1679 AV; Box 1, Folder 13 |
Format |
picture Black-and-white photograph |
Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Type |
StillImage |
File Name |
SA1679AV_B01_F13_006.tif |
Image Height |
1838 |
Image Width |
2440 |
File Size |
13479688 Bytes |
Date created |
2016-08-25 |
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