1904: Bridewell Prison Stone Quarries

Bridewell Prison Stone Quarries

View of men working in the Bridewell Prison stone quarries, at South California Avenue and West 26th Street, in the Little Village community area in Chicago.

Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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