Detention Collection

Clerkenwell Prison
Engaving depicting the old House of Detention, Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell Prison explosion
Effects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins

Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell
Ground plan of the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Franco-German War (1870-1871). France. Arrest of Napoleon III spies in Paris. Engraving. Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II

Spanish-American War (1898)
Spanish-American War. War between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of the US intervention in the Cuban war of Independence. Cuba

American Revolution - Arrest of Major Andre at Tarrytown
American Revolution (1775-1783). John Andre (1750-1780). British military officer who negotiated with the American general Benedict Arnold

American Revolution - Arrest of Major Andre at Tarrytown
American Revolution (1775-1783). John Andre (1750-1780). British military officer who negotiated with the American general Benedict Arnold

Blantyre House Detention Centre, Goudhurst
Inmates lined up on for the one o clock parade at the Blantyre House Detention Centre for young offenders, Goudhurst, Kent. Date: circa 1950

Arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family at Varen
French Revolution (1789-1799). Arrest of King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his family at Varennes, June 21, 1791. Engraving by A. Closs. Our Century, 1883. Colored

USA - City Prison, New York. Referred to as The Tombs - The Tombs, New York. The Tombs is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex (formerly the Bernard B)

Return of Louis XVI to Paris after his arrest at Varennes af
French Revolution (1789-1799). Return of Louis XVI to Paris after his arrest at Varennes after his escape attempt. June 25, 1791. Engraving by Dupre. Universal Library. Popular editions, 1851. Colored

WW1 German Prisoners in Detention Compound at Frith Hill
World War 1 German Prisoners in Detention Compound at Frith Hill, Deepcut, Camberley, near Farnborough, Surrey, England. Date: 1910s

German prisoners of war in Great Britain at the start of war
Immediately after the declaration of war, most of the German and Austrian residents of military age in Britain were made prisoners and confined within barbed wire compounds under military guard

German prisoners captured by Belgians, WWI
The transportation to the detention centres of German prisoners captured by the Belgians in World War One. The prisoners are detraining at a dock, and are guarded by the Belgian Civic Guard

Pauper Lunatic Detention Application
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Application requesting that Ada Wheelhouse be detained as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

Pauper Lunatic Detention Order
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Order authorising the detention of Ada Wheelhouse as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

US blockade of Mexico
The United States blockades Mexico: the naval demonstration in the Gulf. The Mexican situation seen from above the port of Vera Cruz

German prisoners of war, Casablanca, Morocco, WW1
German prisoners of war being served dinner at a French detention camp in Casablanca, Morocco, during the First World War. Date: 21 May 1916

German prisoners of war on the march, WW1
German prisoners of war marching along a road on the Western Front, on their way to a detention centre after being captured, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German prisoners near Wanquetin, France, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Seen here held in the cage or detention centre. Date: April 1917

German prisoners at Dernancourt, France, WW1
German prisoners of war arriving at a detention centre at Dernancourt, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

German prisoners of war with musical instruments, WW1
German prisoners of war in a detention camp, some of them with musical instruments, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gates of Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell
Gates of the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Interior of Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell
Interior of the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Prison Van and prisoners, Clerkenwell
Prison Van taking prisoners to the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Clerkenwell Prison / 1862
Prisoners are taken from Clerkenwell House of Detention to the courts in a horse-drawn coach. 1862

Cholera quarantine at Marseilles
Quarantine for officers of ships that are in detention, visited by their wives and children. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease

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