Stereograph view of the Tombs, New York City's prison, and the Bridge of Sighs. — Open the full imageJPG, 1024 × 534 px, 0.3 MB

The Tombs and the Bridge of Sighs, stereograph, 1907 (Library of Congress)

Date: 1907
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-1s06983 (digital file from original).

The Library of Congress gives the title “The Tombs, New York City’s famous prison, and the Bridge of Sighs, Franklin Street, corner of Center.” The record is a stereograph card published by the Standard Scenic Company with a 1907 copyright, and its subject headings list the Halls of Justice.

The Library spells the street “Center”; the Detroit Publishing summary of the same building spells it “Centre.” This page keeps each as the record prints it. The record names no case or person, so the view documents the building only.

itemThe Tombs, New York, about 1905 (Library of Congress)Detroit Publishing Company photograph of the Tombs, the Manhattan detention building, with Centre Street at right. The record names no case or person. A copy is stored here.

itemThe Tombs and Law Courts, New York, 1909 (Library of Congress)Stereograph of the Tombs and the Law Courts building in New York, copyright 1908 and issued 1909. The record names no case. A copy is stored here.