December 14, 2025
Tag: T. Fred Robbins
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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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August 16, 2021 3 Comments
There are people who love dogs. There are people who love cats. Then there’s an architecture professor from Scotland, and he wants you to know that tomorrow (Tuesday, August 17th) is National Black Cat Appreciation Day. Nate claims black cats don’t deserve the “bum rap” they get from society. Maybe he is right!