From Bill Hecht's
Auburn Images Treasury:

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NY Correction History Society
samplings from his treasure trove
of Auburn historical images.

Late 19th
& Early 20 Century
Images
of
Auburn Prison

The New York Correction History Society is honored to be permitted to present this Auburn Prison-related sampling from Bill Hecht's treasury of thousands of Cayuga County images on the Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project site.

NYCHS versions have been cropped and reduced in size and resolution from Hecht image originals. NYCHS versions range from 51 K to 168 K each. Hecht originals range up to 24 Mbs.

To view a NYCHS version, click its slide icon. Return via your browser's "back" button. To access Hecht originals, click underlined numbered links below the slide icons. Return via your browser's "back" button.

Bernie Corcoran, Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project coordinator, assisted Hecht in placing the scans -- of historical maps and texts, old photographs, vintage postcards, illustrations, newspaper clippings, magazine issues, gazetteers, and directories -- are on that site.

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Click the above slide for vintage overall image of inmates in lockstep line. Click each slide below for close up view of a different section of the line. Hecht jpg #: pictures77/7745

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Angled view: prison front & wall.
Hecht jpg #: pictures53/5324
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Gate, fence, people, trees, cars.
Hecht jpg #: pictures78/7898
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Gate, fence, leafless trees, snow.
Hecht jpg #: pictures76/7626
Click a slide icon for lighter version of image. Click Hecht jpg # for heavier original image.

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Beyond State St. trees: prison. Hecht jpg #: pictures90/2004379111a_192
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Wall view from the Owasco River. Hecht jpg #: pictures78/7899
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Tree-lined walk on prison grounds. Hecht jpg #: pictures90/20043799a
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Greenhouse on grounds, no people. Hecht jpg #: pictures59/5971
Click a slide icon for lighter version of image. Click Hecht jpg # for heavier original image.

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Shop: inmates, machines.
Hecht jpg #: pictures77/7752a
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Shop: machines, wood. no inmates.
Hecht jpg #: pictures77/7754a
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Prison Pharmacy.
Hecht jpg #: pictures77/7757_96
Click a slide icon for lighter version of image. Click Hecht jpg # for heavier original image.

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Click the left slide above for a vintage overall image of inmates in prison workshop. Click each of the other 3 slides for close up view of a different section of the shop. Hecht jpg #: pictures77/7742

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Click the left slide above for a vintage overall image of inmates in a prison workshop. Click each of the other 2 slides for close up view of a different section of the shop. Hecht jpg #: pictures77/7753



Bill Hecht's Images Treasury
is accessible (for non-commercial use) at
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Hecht digitals are copyrighted to William S. Hecht 2003/ 2004/ 2005 © -- Bernie Corcoran, Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project coordinator, assisted in placing Hecht digitals on the Cayuga GenWeb site.
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