Sue Tenerowicz of Hudson, NY shared her grandmother, Bessie Butt’s, photo albums with the Prison Public Memory Project. The first 20 or so pages (before those depicting Boonesville where she was born), of the album entitled “Will you take a summer time trip with me to the New York State Training Schol for Girls, Hudson, NY” are photographs with handwritten captions of the Girls Training School where Bessie Butts and her husband worked in the early 1900s, as a matron and head of maintenance respectively.
Below this album is a short video narrated by Sue Tenerowicz perusing her grandmother’s photo albums in her home, from an oral history interview conducted by Alison Cornyn in Hudson on July 27, 2012.
Will You Take a Summer Time Trip with Me to the New York State Training School for Girls, Hudson, N.Y.?
Inside the grounds, Mr.Churchill - a guard - at right
Power House which supplies all heat, power, and light used on grounds.
Gate House and back of storehouse. Every vehicle has to enter through these big doors and every person through a small door at left.
S.H. in draft - Storehouse, where I spend alternate Saturdays and Sundays.
From corner of Main Bldg showing the Chapel.
Administration or Main Bldg. My room on 3rd floor at right end.
Chapel and Gymnasium. - I must have been asleep when I took this.
Main Plateau from the Main Bldg. - showing N.S. Bldg.
