Sundowners: Auburn Prison (Auburn, New York, c. 1880s)

Sundowners: Auburn Prison (Auburn, New York, c. 1880s)
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After a long day’s work, two convicts loaf around their solitary cells, enjoying the sundowners penetrating the windows of Auburn Prison’s B-block in this c. 1880s stereo-view by an unknown photographer. Whoever took the picture managed to capture, for posterity, … Continued

Hellgate Hath No Fury: the “Seduction” of Bessie Leigh (Missoula, Montana, 1916)

Hellgate Hath No Fury: the “Seduction” of Bessie Leigh (Missoula, Montana, 1916)
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Prison mugshot card of Bessie Leigh from an original in the Dark Corners of History archives. Her name was Bessie Leigh. She was young (twenty-six), vivacious, curvaceous, and lonely. What she might have neglected to mention was that she also had … Continued