Wide stereograph view of the Tombs and the Law Courts building in New York. — Open the full imageJPG, 1024 × 542 px, 0.3 MB

The Tombs and Law Courts, New York, 1909 (Library of Congress)

Date: 1909
Kind: photograph
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication." Collection: Stereograph Cards (U.S. Geography File), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Call number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - New York -- New York City -- Buildings -- Tombs Prisons [item] [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s06982 (digital file from original).

The Library of Congress titles this stereograph “The Tombs and Law Courts, New York.” The record says it was copyrighted in 1908 and issued in 1909 by the Stereo-Travel Co., and it is filed under the Library’s New York City buildings and Tombs prisons headings.

The Tombs and the neighbouring courts are the setting for many New York criminal cases, but this record names none of them. It is filed here as a view of the place.

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