Photographs of custodial facilities in New York and other states, [ca. 1890-1915]

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Photographs of custodial facilities in New York and other states, [ca. 1890-1915]

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These photographs are of public custodial facilities in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They include: exterior building views; interior building views; facility grounds; institutional residents; and institutional staff.

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New York State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8303748

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New York (State). State Board of Charities

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Legislation enacted in 1875 (Chapter 141) required superintendents of the poor, and other officers charged with relief and support of indigent persons, to furnish keepers and officers in charge of poorhouses and almshouses with "as full information as practicable in relation to each person" whom they had referred to such institutions. Keepers and officers in charge of poorhouses and almshouses were required to record this information on standard forms, retain the forms in their respective instit...