Jackson County Poor Farm (County Farm), 1878 Illustration

Jackson County Poor Farm (County Farm), 1878 Illustration

Poor farms; Jackson County (Ill.); County homes; Almshouses; Institutional buildings; Agricultural labor; Rural architecture; Nineteenth century; Lithographs; Social welfare history; Carbondale (Ill.)

Lithographic illustration of the Jackson County “County Farm” as published in 1878. The image depicts the main institutional residence and an adjacent building within a fenced agricultural landscape. Livestock and human figures are shown in the foreground, emphasizing the farm-based labor model central to nineteenth-century poor farms. The curved road labeled “County Farm” visually situates the institution within the rural landscape of Jackson County. The illustration appeared on page 20 of History of Jackson County, Illinois (1878).

Smith, J. W.; H.B. Hall & Sons (illustrators)

Allyn, Robert, and James H. Brownlee, eds. History of Jackson County, Illinois: with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia and Edwardsville: Brink, McDonough, and Co., 1878, p. 20.

Brink, McDonough, and Co.

1878

Public domain (published 1878). Digital scan courtesy of the Internet Archive.

Lithograph (black-and-white)

Smith, J. W., and H.B. Hall & Sons. “Jackson County Poor Farm.” In History of Jackson County, Illinois, edited by Robert Allyn and James H. Brownlee, 20. Philadelphia and Edwardsville: Brink, McDonough, and Co., 1878. Internet Archive. Used in the Jackson County Poor Farm Digital Exhibit, Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Carbondale (Ill.)

Original volume height: 36 cm. Digital reproduction dimensions vary.