July 16, 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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September 18, 2025 4 Comments
How many “pretzel” postcards have you seen? It may be safe to say that your guess is a small number. If you want to collect pretzel cards, here are a few to look for.