The New State Industrial School for Girls, at Lancaster, Mass.

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  SKU: 53378

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• PUBLISHER: Published in Ballou's Pictorial, Boston.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving, hand colored,

  DATE: 1856.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 3 7/8 x 12 3/4" (9.8 x 32.4 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: A 19th-century depiction of the New State Industrial School for Girls, captured as a wood engraving and handcolored to highlight the details. The Lancaster Industrial School for Girls was a reform school on Old Common Road in Lancaster, Massachusetts. It was the country's first state reform school for girls, opening on August 26, 1856.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in an 18 x 14" mat for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition with modern hand color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Massachusetts