Featured Student Desk made at San Quentin Prison

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  1. David Ferguson

    David Ferguson New Member

    David Ferguson, Jan 30, 2019
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  2. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Welcome to the Forum, David! :)
    Your pictures don’t open. Can you check if you’ve made them as viewable ?
     
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  3. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Hello, David. Your album in the Gallery is set on Private, so none of us can see what you have tried to attach. Go back and change the setting to Public and they will appear.
     
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  4. David Ferguson

    David Ferguson New Member

    Thanks! Fixed.
     
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    David Ferguson New Member

    Thanks! Fixed.
     
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  6. Kronos

    Kronos Well-Known Member

    A google search of San Quentin Prison Furniture will turn up various articles. Apparently there's still a gift shop where you can buy prisoner made items today. There's nothing special about the desk itself that I can see, just one of many such items churned out by the prison laborers.

    https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf538nb60w/?brand=oac4 an early view of a manufacturing area in the prison.
     
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  7. David Ferguson

    David Ferguson New Member

    Thank you.
     
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  8. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Looks like the chair/desk sets we had in college. Not good if you were left handed.:oops::oops::oops:
    greg
     
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  9. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    I was forced to be right handed because of that style of student chair! :oops::(
     
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