Guard tower from Camp H at Angola Prison
date: label: Date
content: 1900-1950
name: label: Commissioned by
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: A steel and concrete tower with external stairway that sits on a raised platform. The tower has a window on each of its four sides. A doorway is on the side closest to the metal stairs. The tower has a corrugated metal roof.
place: label: Place collected
content: West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.26.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: towers (single built works)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel and concrete
label: Dimensions
content: 255 × 108 × 84 in. (647.7 × 274.3 × 213.4 cm)