April 12, 2026
Tag: prison
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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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February 18, 2025 1 Comment
Postcard topics that grow from major historical events, like natural disasters, social upheaval, and war, help us understand what experiences our ancestors endured. The Concert Party “Curios” is a group with a narrow “scope,” but it is certainly worth serious “study.”