Bunk bed for prison cell no. 3 from Camp A at Angola prison
- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Forte and Tablada Inc., American, founded 1961
- Commissioned by
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- ca. 1972
- Medium
- steel
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (measured on wood 2x4 frame): 60 × 81 × 30 1/4 in. (152.4 × 205.7 × 76.8 cm)
- Description
- A metal bunk bed for cell no. 3 from Camp A at Angola prison. The bunk bed has lipped edges for mattresses. The bed is supported by two long metal legs along the left side. On the right side on both the top and bottom bunks at the front and back are supports with holes so that the bed can be bolted to wall of prison cell.
- Place collected
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Type
- cells
- beds (furniture)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
- Object number
- 2013.26.2.2a-m
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions