No Need for Jail Guard Now

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Coordinates 37.538633, -77.427727

Direction 275° (W)

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Source:: The Valentine
Collection:: Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
Date:: 8/17/1957
Region:: Richmond, Virginia
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Description:: Black and white photograph of workmen removing the last vestiges of the City Jail from the Marshall Street viaduct in downtown Richmond, Virginia; workers are removing a net that prevented people from dropping things into the jail yard from the viaduct; two men work at the top of a ladder while a third steadies the ladder from below; the jail has been removed to make way for the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. Inscription: Stamped __Red date stamp - Aug 17 1957 __Verso Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Shockoe Bottom (Richmond, Va.) --Marshall Street (Richmond, Va.)
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