July 19, 2026
Tag: lockstep
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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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January 7, 2021 9 Comments
Charles Hoffbauer came to the United States from his native France and his friend and fellow artist Charles Dana Gibson was waiting. Hoffbauer was welcomed into the New York art community. Read how this man of honor and courage changed the face of public art in America.