Footnote Stories

A Laboratory at Saint-Lazare

Footnote 1

“À Saint-Lazare”: A song by Aristide Bruant

Madame Steinheil’s trial at the Court of Assises

Footnote 2

Famous Prisoners of Saint-Lazare: Marguerite Steinheil

“Saint-Lazare Plage.” “The Bathing Beach at Saint-Lazare.”

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Famous Prisoners of Saint-Lazare: Mme. Henriette Caillaux

Prisoners at the Prison Cantine

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Prison Labor and Prison Script: Saint Lazare

Risque postcard of Mata Hari in costume. Source: “Souvenirs D’un Médecin des Prisons de Paris (Grasset, 1925)

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Saint-Lazare’s most famous prisoner: Mata Hari

Prisoners in Workroom

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Sœur Léonide, Saint-Lazare, and the Legion of Honor

Saint-Lazare as a Women's Prison Exhibit