Jails / Police stations
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :83-G-41659


Photographer :Rusinow, Irving
Personal Name :J. Isidro Montoya
Topical Name :N/A
Geographical Name :N/A
Institution Name :N/A

Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.

Date :12/00/1941

State :NM
Country :USA



Taos County, New Mexico. Sheriff Montoya displays, with some pride, the tiny cell in which are locked drunks who won't behave, or special, important tough prisoners, with whom he wishes to take no chances. The box in which his hand holds the inserted key is an enormous lock which holds the bolt of the cell door. Cell is the size of a large closet.

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