S W Wetmore, Christmas at Illinois State Penitentiary, 1878

S W Wetmore, Christmas at Illinois State Penitentiary, 1878 CHRISTMAS AT DEC. 25. 1878 ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY "And all the angels in heaven shall sing On Christmas Day, On Christmas Day; And all the angels in heaven shall sing On Christmas Day in the morning!" "Haste we then to welcome, With a joyous lay, Christ, the King of glory, Born for us to day." Electric pen work by S W Wetmore [[1]] Writer S W Wetmore Sidney W Wetmore Date written 1878-12-25 Paper cm x cm in x in Edison Electric Pen Penmanship Style Cursive Backhand Manuscript, print Electric pen work by S W Wetmore high resolution close-up [[2]] Collection Image on this page courtesy of Bill Burns, Electricpen.org [3] Links for S (Sidney) W Wetmore material, courtesy Bill Burns Edison Electric Pen work Merry Xmas and happy new year [[4]] Christmas programme key [[5]] Collection Courtesy of Chicago History Museum, material in the collections of the Chicago History Museum Joliet Prison photograph collection, ca. 1889-1895 [6] Wetmore, S. W., photographer Photos of Edison Electric Pen artwork by Wetmore Christmas poster and decorations [[7]] Discharge list, 1885 [[8]] Photos of Edison Electric Pen work by prisoners? Escape attempt, female convict Escape attempt, female convict falling from window Cartoon "Phthisis Pulmonalis" Cartoon "Packing the Baby" Cartoon "The Contract-Prison-Labor question..." Prisoners Our penal institutions, life in a great prison (photos and article) [[9]] Imprisoned anarchists: Fielden; Schwab; Neebe. [10] Behind the bars at Joliet : a peep at a prison, its history and its mysteries [11][12] Prison Photography text [[13]] Gentle spirit drawing, from The Thomas Edison Papers [[14]] Additional examples of Edison Electric Pen writing Thomas Alva Edison Papers, Daily Electric Letter, Vol I, No. 39, 1877 J U Mackenzie, Receipt to Valentine Marsh, 1878 Edison Electric Pen Electricpen.org[15] Thomas Edison's early drawings of electric pen, 1875, Courtesy of The Thomas Edison Papers, Rutgers University [[16]] [[17]] Rough Transcription of Edison's Autographic Press Caveat No 2. October 2-3, 1875 [[18]] History of Edison Electric Pen Predecessor of Edison's Electric Pen, Samuel Huffman's Puncturing Machine, 1866 [[19]] Edison et al v Klaber, copyright infringment case, 1889 [[20]] Link to Edison The Thomas A Edison Papers [21] File name Wetmore S W 18xx-0x-0x