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Illustration shows a yard at the New York Halls of Justice and House of Detention (at 125 White Street), popularly known as the Tombs, where gallows were erected for executions, New York, New York, late nineteenth century. Illustration appeared in the book 'Darkness and Daylight: Lights and Shadows of New York Life' (by Helen Campbell). (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Illustration shows a yard at the New York Halls of Justice and House of Detention (at 125 White Street), popularly known as the Tombs, where gallows were erected for executions, New York, New York, late nineteenth century. Illustration appeared in the book 'Darkness and Daylight: Lights and Shadows of New York Life' (by Helen Campbell). (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)