Indiana Reformatory cleanup after fire, 1918

Description:	Photograph of a team of mules and wagon with inmates clearing the rubble after the 1918 fire at the Indiana Reformatory, Clarksville, Ind. Although there were no casualties, the fire destroyed a large part of the prison. Rather than rebuild, the state decided to build a new prison in Pendleton, Ind., and in 1923 sold the buildings and property to the Colgate Co. for a soap manufacturing facilty.
Origin:	1918
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll100/id/1974
Collection:	Clarksville Historical Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/;
Copyright:	Copyright Undetermined;
Geography:	Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Indiana Reformatory (Clarksville, Ind.) Prisons--Indiana--Clarksville

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