Description
A color view shows the gated entrance to the Oregon State Penitentiary with a tall iron fence and brick buildings behind it. Two men stand at the open gateway in front of the archway, and trees spread overhead. The card has a formal institutional street-front appearance with the prison name visible on the arch. 1900s.
Front Text (verbatim):
1095 – Gateway, State
Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon.
Back Text (verbatim):
THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE
Post Card
THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY
POSTAGE:
UNITED
STATES
AND
POSSESSIONS
CANADA
MEXICO
FOREIGN
1¢
2¢
PUBLISHED BY EDW. H. MITCHELL, SAN FRANCISCO
