Special circular of jail work.
A trade catalogue of jail fittings issued in 1893 by E. T. Barnum, an ornamental iron works in Detroit, for sheriffs, county boards, and architects ordering cell equipment. Wood-engraved plates show barred window grates, riveted sheet-steel cells, latticed cell doors with locks, and axonometric views of tiered cell blocks, offering flat grid patterns, hatched shading, and hardware detail.















