May 14, 2026
Tag: sing sing
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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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October 25, 2022 1 Comment
The S. S. Palo Alto was built using a revolutionary new technology but was never used for its intended purpose. That was years ago. Today a good engineer could reimagine how to put a million-dollar project to better use than a fishing pier. At least there are postcards.