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"The Industrial Home for Girls was opened in 1899. It served as housing for young females sentenced by the juvenile courts or justices of the peace for incorrigibility and immortality, and by the criminal courts for felonies." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

Industrial Home for Girls; Salem, W. Va.

Identifier:
042448
Collection Number:
A&M 294
Title:
Industrial Home for Girls; Salem, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
"The Industrial Home for Girls was opened in 1899. It served as housing for young females sentenced by the juvenile courts or justices of the peace for incorrigibility and immortality, and by the criminal courts for felonies." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Acquisition Method:
Acquired
Medium:
postcard
Projects:
West Virginia History OnView