black and white stereograph mounted on orange cardstock; photograph by W.L. Upson; Views of / Old Newgate Prison / Granby, CT. / No. 5. do, showing more of wardens house / The number of this picture is marked with red ink. / Underneath the old prison buildings is quite an extensive copper mine which was probably worked during Connecticuts' colonial days. The tunnels and galleries extend a long distance under the ground. A visit to this historical place will repay you. / W.L. UPSON, 335 Cook Avenue, Meriden, Ct.; remnants of old stone archway, man leaning against stone on left and man seated against stone arch on right; unpaved path extending from foreground to back through center of image; brick building with open door partially visible in background
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