April 26, 2024
Tag: Ossining
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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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March 16, 2023 8 Comments
For a postcard dealer, a person who has seen literally millions of postcards, to have a “favorite” postcard seems almost impossible. In this case, however, the card tells a story so personal that it truly illustrates the line between life and death.