July 27, 2024
Tag: up the river
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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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June 27, 2021 9 Comments
The exponential growth of a postcard collection creates problems of organization. How to keep cards of similar nature together is a problem we all experience. We have no answer for you but learning that you have a problem is half the fun.