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Garden made by Ontario Reformatory inmates

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Garden made by Ontario Reformatory inmates

Date10/16/1926

Names

Boyd, John (photographer)

Ontario Reformatory (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Garden made by Ontario Reformatory inmates

Subject

Correctional institutions

Medium

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Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-125-GO-217

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Guelph

Province or state:Ontario

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Inmates of the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph have made this beauty spot where formerly ran a weedy little stream

Inmates of the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph have made this beauty spot where formerly ran a weedy little stream

9/30/1933

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

Guelph Reformatory guards watch over inmates herded into the exercise quadrangle

7/7/1952

Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

Biggest riot in Ontario penal history, the week-en outbreak at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, shown in this airphoto, caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000 as the institution was left in partial ruins

7/7/1952

Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right

Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right

7/8/1952

Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

7/7/1952

Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher

Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher

7/7/1952

This pretty landscape work was done by prisoners at the Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario

This pretty landscape work was done by prisoners at the Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario

7/5/1929

A beauty spot along the Guelph Highway at the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph

A beauty spot along the Guelph Highway at the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph

8/8/1925

Guelph Reformatory riot

Guelph Reformatory riot

1952-08

Guelph Reformatory riots

Guelph Reformatory riots

1952-08

Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

Windows at the reformatory were smashed during the rioting and glass littered the floors inside the building and out in the courtyard

7/7/1952

Sodden debris in the courtyard of the reformatory is cleaned up by prisoners after the surrender

Sodden debris in the courtyard of the reformatory is cleaned up by prisoners after the surrender

7/7/1952