[ Photographs ] (Crime) Juvenile Delinquency Assemblage of 23 photographs from the Whittier State School for Boys, in California, comprising 9 album pages (containing 4 notices) and accompanying descriptive truancy portraits for 13 students who

[ Photographs ] (Crime) Juvenile Delinquency Assemblage of 23 photographs from the Whittier State School for Boys, in California, comprising 9 album pages (containing 4 notices) and accompanying descriptive truancy portraits for 13 students who escaped from the institution. Silver prints, each approximately 4 x 3, each page 13 x 10, overall size 44 x 34.75 inches: images mounted one to 4 per album page, each mount with one or 2 typewritten labels describing the physical features of the truants, and 3 of the pages with accompanying letters from the school's superintendent; framed. 1898 E1800-2200 A disconcerting document that leans more towards prison reform than education. Each letter lists the missing boys and then reads, "The usual reward often Dollars ($ 10 00), with necessary expenses incurred in returning said pupil to the institution, will be paid upon capture ..