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Penal Colony Collection

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: Peak of Fernando Noronha, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: Peak of Fernando Noronha, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: Peak of Fernando Noronha, 1876. The island of Fernando Noronha, in the Atlantic, three or four degrees south of the Equator

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Fremantle in Western Australia: Rottnest Island, the Proposed New Convict Establishment... 1857

Fremantle in Western Australia: Rottnest Island, the Proposed New Convict Establishment... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Fremantle in Western Australia: Rottnest Island, the Proposed New Convict Establishment, in the distance, 1857. By reference to the report of the important measure introduced to the House of

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land, [now Tasmania, Australia], 1850. Maria Island...was named after Van Diemen's daughter

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Gilyak the warden, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Gilyak the warden, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Gilyak the warden, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Arrival of mail in Alexandrovsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Arrival of mail in Alexandrovsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of mail in Alexandrovsk, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Main street in Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. View of Mishennaya Sopka, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Main street in Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. View of Mishennaya Sopka, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Main street in Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. View of Mishennaya Sopka, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890.. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890 This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Sofron, a Nivkh, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Sofron, a Nivkh, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Sofron, a Nivkh, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Sof'ia 'Golden Hand', 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov. Sof'ia 'Golden Hand', 1890

Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov. Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890
Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Prayer in a Chapel, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Prayer in a Chapel, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Prayer in a Chapel, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Driving Dogs, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Driving Dogs, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Driving Dogs, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Exiled Captives Carting Manure at Korsakov Post in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899

Exiled Captives Carting Manure at Korsakov Post in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: The Gulf of Aniva The Wharf at the Korsakov Prison, 1880-1899

The Gulf of Aniva The Wharf at the Korsakov Prison, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
The Gulf of Aniva The Wharf at the Korsakov Prison, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899

A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: House of the Chief of the Korsakov District, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

House of the Chief of the Korsakov District, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
House of the Chief of the Korsakov District, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison

The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term...1880-1899 Creator
The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term, Seven Miles from the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Prison Church at the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

Prison Church at the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Prison Church at the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Exiled Convicts Having Lunch near Their Huts during Work in the Taiga, 1880-1899

Exiled Convicts Having Lunch near Their Huts during Work in the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899

Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899

Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Prison Provisions Depot for the Derbinsky Prison in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899

Prison Provisions Depot for the Derbinsky Prison in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: A Church in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

A Church in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Church in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Convicts on the Berezovy Ridge. A Rest Break during the Transportation of Goods to... 1880-1899

Convicts on the Berezovy Ridge. A Rest Break during the Transportation of Goods to... 1880-1899
Convicts on the Berezovy Ridge. A Rest Break during the Transportation of Goods to the Island Interior in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Barracks of the Tymovskoye Local Convict Camp in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899

Barracks of the Tymovskoye Local Convict Camp in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Derbinsky Settlement in the Tym River Valley in the Interior of the Island, 1880-1899

Derbinsky Settlement in the Tym River Valley in the Interior of the Island, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: A Bridge over the Tym River near the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899

A Bridge over the Tym River near the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Bridge over the Tym River near the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: A Prison Animal Yard Derbinsky Prison in the Tymovsk Valley, 1880-1899

A Prison Animal Yard Derbinsky Prison in the Tymovsk Valley, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Prison Animal Yard Derbinsky Prison in the Tymovsk Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Korsakov Regional Police Administration Building in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899

Korsakov Regional Police Administration Building in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899

Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Arrival of a Minister of War in Aleksandrovsk Post in 1903, 1903. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Arrival of a Minister of War in Aleksandrovsk Post in 1903, 1903. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Arrival of a Minister of War in Aleksandrovsk Post in 1903, 1903. Sakhalin Island was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals and political prisoners

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Political prisoners, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Old mine, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Old mine, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Old mine, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Prisoner verification, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Prisoner verification, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Prisoner verification, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Port Arthur, during the Occupation, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Port Arthur, during the Occupation, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Port Arthur, during the Occupation, 1901. Manson Cove and Settlement Hill with the Penitentiary at Port Arthur, a former penal colony of the British Empire on the Tasman Peninsula

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur, 1901. Isle of the Dead, a cemetery for all who died in the prison camps at Port Arthur when it was a British penal colony between 1833 and 1877

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: Port Arthur. Looking West, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Port Arthur. Looking West, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Port Arthur. Looking West, 1901. Convict-built church at Port Arthur, a former penal colony on the Tasman Peninsula, Australia built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries

Background imagePenal Colony Collection: A View of Botany Bay, 1789. Artist: Robert Clevely

A View of Botany Bay, 1789. Artist: Robert Clevely
A View of Botany Bay, 1789. The Supply and Sirius bringing in the first convict transports into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in 1787. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock


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