Dark Places: the Old Gratiot County Jail (1877-1939)

Look closely, and you’ll see shadowy figures in the windows of the old Gratiot County Jail.   The imposing structure of brick, stone, and iron rose from the ground in 1877 in Ithaca, Michigan, at the cost of about $5,700. … Continued

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