1929

Manhattan: Welfare Island - New York County Penitentiary - Cell blocks.

(1) New York County Penitentiary; close-up of a cell, showing the forlorn aspects of an individual cell before the improvements were made. About 1927. (2) The same; showing the new bars, a recent addition to the cell blocks. About 1929.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection