Title

Entrance To Welfare Island

Caption

New York, New York: circa 1922, The entrance to Welfare Island where the criminals serve sentences of up to three years. They enter the island via an elevator directly from the bridge.

Date

1922

Credit line

Photo12/UIG/Underwood Archives

Reference

UMG23A55_396

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,5Mb (1,4Mb) / 17,0in x 12,2in / 5100 x 3668 (300dpi)

Keywords

1920s 1922 architecture Archival black and white Blackwell's Island bridge building built structure cities city connection criminal day Disease Entrance exterior horizontal island medical New York City New York State no people outdoors photography prison punishment Rehabilitation Roosevelt Island sentence shadow sky sunlight travel destinations United States USA Welfare Island