MEDIA Show Media Credit: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, VCU LibrariesOriginal Author: UnknownCreated: 1909 postmarkMedium: Color postcardState Penitentiary, Richmond, Va.In this color postcard dated 1909, a horse-drawn carriage stands in front of the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. The original prison building, designed by the British-born architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, was opened in 1800.FEATURED INLittleton Owens (ca. 1842–March 11, 1894)The Virginia Debt Controversy