Card Size: 3.5" x 5.5"

Missouri State Penitentiary Jefferson City Missouri White Border Postcard

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This institution, built on a rocky promontory abutting the Missouri River, is one of the largest prisons within a single enclosure in the United States. Grey stone walls, 20 feet high, surround 381/2 of the 80 acres comprising the site. A $3,500,000 building program com- pleted in 1939 greatly enlarged and modern- ized the institution.