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[Ludlow Street Jail]

Exterior view of Ludlow Street Jail. Image includes a seafood shop and outdoor refreshments stand in right foreground.

Tombs interior, pen of boys under 16

Three boys sitting together in prison cell and looking into camera in Tombs Prison on Centre Street in Manhattan, subsequently replaced by other prison buildings on same site.

Tombs interior, 10-day pen

Three prisoners and one guard, seen through bars of railing in foreground, in long, narrow room in Tombs Prison on Centre Street in Manhattan, subsequently replaced by other prison buildings on...

Tombs interior, corridor in yard

Open-air, stone corridor in Tombs Prison on Centre Street in Manhattan, subsequently replaced by other prison buildings on same site; one man, possibly guard or prison official, standing on paving...

Tombs interior, cell door in Murderers' Row

Close-up of heavily barred cell door (lettered no. "3") in Tombs Prison on Centre Street in Manhattan, subsequently replaced by other prison buildings on same site.

Tombs Prison, Centre and Leonard Streets

View of original Tombs Prison in Egyptian Revival style, subsequently replaced by other prison buildings on same site; intersection of two cobble stone streets in left foreground.

Tombs interior, Bridge of Sighs

View of iron walkway with railings connecting the former Tombs Prison on Centre Street with the Criminal Courts building on Franklin Street; blurred image of policeman under bridge at right.

Tombs interior, Murderers' Row

Interior of Tombs Prison on Centre Street in Manhattan, subsequently replaced by other prison buildings on same site; cell doors on left and two Franklin stoves at right.

Blackwell's Island, Penitentiary

View of large prison in two wings (razed in 1936) on what is now Roosevelt Island; grassy lawn in foreground.

[Coney Island Courthouse]

Courthouse, apparently no longer extant, with round tower and corner turret; two automobiles parked at curb; sign on adjacent building on left reads, "2937 Court Hotel'; images identical except...