No. 1. Rear view of prison, as seen from the distance
No. 1. Rear view of prison, as seen from the distance
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- Description (Brief)
- black and white stereograph mounted on orange cardstock; photograph by W.L. Upson; printed on verso "Views of / Old Newgate Prison, / Granby, CT. / No. 1. Rear view of prison, as seen from the distance. / The number of this picture is marked with red ink. / Underneath the old prison buildings is quite an extensive coppery 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."; field in foreground; brush and low stone wall in midground; ruins of an old stone building in background at top of hill, windows have all been broken out; stone wall hidden underneath trees and brush in front of stone building
- Object Name
- stereograph
- date made
- mid-late 1800s
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Granby
- associated place
- United States: Connecticut, Meriden
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 7 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0731
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0731
- subject
- Prisons
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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