Old Jerome Jail 1993
by Connie Fox
Title
Old Jerome Jail 1993
Artist
Connie Fox
Medium
Photograph - Outdoor Color Digital Arts Film Photo. Architecture, Vintage, Landscapes And Landmarks
Description
Kodak film image, shot in 1993 and given a painterly restoration in 2014, shows the old jail in the former mining town of Jerome, Arizona, USA. Jerome became a boomtown in 1876 when gold was discovered, then gradually turned into a ghost town. Eventually it became a favorite haunt for shoppers, art enthusiasts, and tourists.
Jerome is literally built into the side of a mountain where, in a mining incident years ago, the jail apparently relocated itself. Surprisingly the small building remained intact. At least it was intact in the summer of 1993, when I shot this photograph. From a November 2013 photo two decades later, it was a shell of its former self: two walls propped up by the reinforcements. A plaque provided by the Jerome Historical Society explains the history of what it calls Jeromes Famous Sliding Jail:
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Back in 1905, the town jail was in the basement of what was then the Tony Kauzlarich house below the Dicus and Wagner Garage. Louis St. James was the Magistrate and Conservator of the Peace. What is believed to be Jeromes third jail was located in the town yard between Main Street and Hull Avenue. It pulled apart from the wood structure to which it was attached and in the mid-30s during the slides, it slowly crept 225 feet from its original location to settle in the middle of Hull Avenue. The road was altered to go around it. Legend has it that the jail continued to move to its final resting place here. However, in reality, it was eventually pushed from Hull Avenue to its present location where you see it today.
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Copyright 1993-2014 Connie Steitz Fox. All Rights Reserved. Please note: The watermark, if visible here, will not appear on your purchased artwork.
Photographed with a Minolta Freedom Escort and Kodak film. Scanned and restored in 2014. In my Arizona Gallery, you will find two views of the jail, in both photo and painterly styles. One is a closeup image and the other in context, both taken in 1993.
You will find many restored Arizona film images in this Arizona Gallery. Although they are limited to smaller print sizes, they would make a beautiful grouping, perhaps on canvas, which arrives ready to hang. Many have the look of a painting, and most have been sized to fit the 5x7 greeting card format, making the cards easy to frame yourself. Available for commercial use too.
Featured on the homepages of Seen But Not Noticed and Premium FAA Artists, September 2014. My thanks!
A Top Finisher in the Forgotten in Time Contest, November 2016.
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September 2nd, 2014
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