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Description

This is a image of the reward poster for Joseph Powelka (arrested in Ashhurst), an infamous prison escapee in 1910. Powelka’s suspected involvement in a series of robberies, burglaries and arsons led to a reward of £100.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pi 92
Date
circa 1900
Digitisation ID
2013N_Pi492_006834
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
crime,
department of justice,
findlay,
john,
people,
photographs,
portrait,
prisoner,
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