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From the Archives: Virginia State Prison Farm
12-29-1963 (cutline): All quiet in cell block before work day begins. Modern facility is new addition to Virginia State Prison Farm.
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Inmates in the Women’s State Prison Farm work in 1967 on a Christmas project to make ditty bags for soldiers in Vietnam.
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07-16-1973: Aerial photo of Virginia State Prison Farm.
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10-09-1964 (cutline): Principal-teacher James H. Camp conducts classes at Virginia State Prison Farm.
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06-24-1961 (cutline): Contour farming pleases the eye and keeps fertile soil from washing into the James River.
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06-24-1961: Superintendent M.L. Royster set the pace of the workday at the prison farm which could often stretch 12 hours or more.
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02-23-1955 (cutline): This building housed 150 prisoners at the Virginia State Prison Farm.
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06-24-1961: Prisoners used mules to cultivate corn at Virginia State Prison Farm.
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05-26-1952 (cutline): A haymaking crew is "lost" in the big low ground hay field on the Powhatan side of the pirson. Part of the Goochland section is visible in the background across the James.
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07-16-1973: Virginia State Prison Farm aerial.
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02-23-1955: Prisoners in bunk house at the Virginia State Prison Farm.
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02-17-1953: Dog kennels at Virginia State Prison Farm.
