Showing posts with label Photos by Heather Bays: The Vaughan Street Jail. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The Vaughan Street Jail

The Vaughan street jail in Winnipeg was built in 1881 and housed men, women and children as young as five years old. The executions were held in the court yard which now serves as a parking lot since the jail closed it doors forever in 1984.
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