Showing posts with label keys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label keys. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Looking for the Jailhouse Keys to Overton County, Tennessee


Back in the day if you found yourself as a guest in the Overton County Jail, chances are you might have seen these keys in action. While now part of the county's history museum in Livingston, these well-worn keys can still seal or open the doors to simulated incarceration or conversely, to freedom. It all depends on your outlook and, of course, bailability.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Keys to Something in the Past


Keys for sale. Four keys for a dollar the sign reads. But to what? Unless these are universal keys, they don't open anything any more. Still these metal objects seem to sell - albeit slowly. To me they are more of an interesting photo study than anything else.