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Caption: EASTERN STATE
PENITENTIARY Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caption: Looking down these dreary passages, the dull repose and quiet that prevails is awful. Occasionally, there is a drowsy sound from some lone weaver's shuttle, or some shoemaker's last, but it is stifled by the thick walls and heavy dungeon-door, and only serves to make the general stillness more profound. _______ C H A R L E S D I C K E N S
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Caption: Death Row Also known to many as Cellblock 15, the cells found along Death Row were among the last that were built at Eastern State in 1959. Here, criminals spent the last few months of their lives.
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Caption: Al Capone's Cell "On the once-grim walls of the penal chamber hung tasteful paintings, and the strains of a waltz were being emitted by a powerful cabinet radio receiver of handsome design and fine finish." - The Philadelphia Ledger, 1926
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Caption: _______ Eastern State closed its doors in 1970,
but the haunting evidence of its past inhabitants still lingers in the corridors
of this historic landmark.
