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The presence of prison bars dominates this press photographs of a recently booked inmate. Frank Smith had just been recommitted to prison on an illegal gun charge after having served a twenty-six-year sentence for murder. According to one report, "he’s glad to be back."
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Title: Frank Smith, Kansas State Penitentiary
Artist:
Unknown (American)
Date: September 13, 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2013
Object Number: 2013.913
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