Lewis E. Lawes – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Lewis E. Lawes, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lewis E. Lawes
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Lewis E. Lawes is the named subject, and his name is tied to one of New York's best-known correctional posts: he served as warden of Sing Sing prison in Ossining from 1920 until 1941. Bain News Service, the New York press agency whose glass negatives make up this collection, supplied photographs of newsworthy people to newspapers, and a portrait of a prison warden would have met that demand. Lawes became known for his reform-minded views and for writing about life inside the prison, so his likeness offers a way into debates over punishment in the period.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,204 × 5,798 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17580 |
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