My Wife

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My Wife,1960’s

Woven cigarette packaging

Leavenworth Federal Prison, Leavenworth, Kansas

A well-proportioned clutch purse, My Wife uses double bands of light and dark lines to define central monochromatic fields. These fields, also displayed as light or dark, are harmonizing expanses of brown, tan and beige tones that give the purse a beautifully expensive appearance.

The federal prison at Leavenworth, built in 1903, was the nation’s largest maximum security prison until 2005 when it was down-graded to a medium security facility. It houses more than 1900 inmates of which at least 500 are in the prison camp. Among those who have served time there are: James Earl Ray, Boston’s own James “Whitey” Bulger, Machine Gun Kelly, Michael Vick and convicted serial murderer Thomas Silverstein. Silverstein slew four men in prison, two of them corrections officers. He was deemed extremely dangerous and has been in isolation for
over 30 years up to today.

Located just 4 miles from Leavenworth is the USDB (United States Disciplinary Barracks). The USDB is the US Military’s only maximum-security prison. Benjamin Davila.