January 15, 2025
Tag: hudson river
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Inside Sing Sing Prison and The Mutual Welfare League
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Forty miles north of New York City, “up the Hudson River,” Sing Sing Prison got a new warden in 1915. Thomas Mott Osborne ushered in a wave of penal reform. Out went the lockstep, in came (limited) prisoner self-governance. T. Fred Robbins, a nearby photographer and constable, was allowed to document many of the changes…
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A Hudson River Steamer and an Artist Named Samuel Ward Stanton
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For nearly a century, New Yorkers had river steamer service second to none other. When the Washington Irving launched in 1913 it was a splendid steamer, but sadly it sailed without its artist. Read the whole story.
Past Article
April 18, 2022 4 Comments
There is but one reason for a time-machine; to turn back the clock to attend the White House wedding of Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio and the President’s daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt. It must have been quite the “thrill” to be among the 800 guests. Postcards with photos of the bride and groom went on sale a few days before the 1906 ceremony. Collectors still search for those rare cards.