Minnesota State Reformatory

Original Price: $15.95
Sale Price: $12.95
  

Stock #: 615604
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: St. Cloud
State: Minnesota (MN)
Publisher: Henry E. Murn News Service
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The Minnesota State Reformatory, St. Cloud, Minn, is a 55 acre tract enclosed by a grey granite wall which is the largest prison wall in the world and is only surpassed by the Great Wall of China. The wall 22 feet overground is four feet thick and ten feet underground and has seven lookout towers along the wall. The wall and all buildings were built by prison labor and the stone was taken from the quarry in the background of the picture. It was all built by hand and took 50 years to complete the job.

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