A view along the street of the high dark brick wall enclosing Auburn Prison, with the institution's tan brick cell blocks, a blue-green hipped roof and a flagpole flying the American flag rising behind it; trees line the sidewalk in the foreground. Auburn Correctional Facility, opened in 1816, is among the oldest prisons in the United States and was long noted for its 'Auburn system' of congregate labor in silence. It was also the site of the first execution by electric chair, in 1890.
Linen-textured stock with a white border; card number 9-2419 printed in the lower right corner.
No postmark, address, or message — unused card. Divided back with "THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES" and "PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE" box; linen-textured stock with white border (front). Publisher imprint printed vertically at left.
Cite this card
Entrance to Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/entrance-to-auburn-prison-auburn-new-york-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.
