Work House, Blackwell's Island, New York, USA
The workhouse on Blackwell's Island, New York, USA. The workhouse provided a punitive regime for petty offenders who were required to labour during their stay. The island, alternatively known as Welfare Island and Roosevelt Island, also housed a penitentiary, a poorhouse, a city hospital, a smallpox hospital, and the New York Lunatic Asylum
Picture No
10424742
Media ID
47524448
Size
4944px x 3164px
(4.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard published by Otto Schmidt & Son, 944 3rd Ave, New York
Date
early 20th century
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