Description
Text printed on reverse of stereocard:
Interior view of the Main Hall of Prison, east side, which is 6 stories high, and contains 600 cells.
The Prison is built of white marble, was commenced 1825, is 6 stories high, 480 ft. long, 44 ft. wide, and contains 1200 cells.
Gaylord J. Clark, James K. Bates, David V. Foreest. Inspector of State Prisons, 1865. Stephan H. Johnson, Agent.
Interior View of the Main Hall of Prison, East Side, which is 6 Stories High, and Contains 600 Cells, No. 4318 from the series "Sing Sing Prison Views"
1860/69
Accession Number
143718
Medium
Albumen print, stere
Dimensions
Each image: 7.5 × 7.7 cm (3 × 3 1/16 in.); Card: 8.2 × 17 cm (3 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
stereograph (albumen)
Credit Line
Gift of Harold Allen
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