May 14, 2025
Tag: New York Arches
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Arches: A Series, Part VI – New York
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This is the last stop of the tour. Nate Dancer joined Postcard History in mid-December for a tour of the world’s most beautiful arches in six very wide-spread cities. It seems like Dr. Dancer has reserved the best for last – New York City.
Past Article
June 24, 2019 5 Comments
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 and he published postcards of his photos.