August 12, 2026
Tag: Thomas Mott Osborne
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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 8, 2024 10 Comments
“Tragedy” and “Disaster” are both ugly words. Tragedy involves great suffering, distress, and destruction. Disaster describes a sudden event or accident that causes great damage and involves loss of life. By definition of these two words the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was both. And a century old tradition continued – making postcards to tell the story.