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© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
One of my must-see attractions in Philadelphia was the Eastern State Penitentiary. I’m a big fan of observing how nature can age history. While I support rejuvenating important places, I think it is important to capture the past by showing the strength of time. Look at a portrait of an elderly person and see how a picture is worth a thousand words. They were once young and strong, but never invincible. From their eyes, wrinkles, and posture, that same strong person shows us what they never could when shiny and new.
The first inmate was housed in 1829 and continued original construction through 1836. Charles Dickens once wrote, “The system is rigid, strict and hopeless solitary confinement, and I believe it, in its effects, to be cruel and wrong….” Prisoners were kept in solitude and weren’t even allowed to eat together until 1924.
As with any prison of historical importance, there were numerous notable residents. While some versions of the 1924 story say that he donated his dog for prison morale, the Governor of Pennsylvania sentenced Pep “The Cat-Murdering Dog” to life for killing his wife’s cat. Two years prior to his famous tax evasion incarceration, Al Capone spent eight months here after possessing a gun during a grand jury testimony in 1929. He was listed as the number one public enemy a week after being released.
Eastern State saw its last inmates in 1971 and became a place for city storage through the 1980’s. Since 1994, public tours have run daily and it becomes a haunted house every Halloween. I am grateful that it has been persevered to the point of stability (in most areas) but left as time intended for us to see it. I only wish that I had arrived earlier to spend more time. Historical references are credited to web.archive.org/web/20150706031909/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/al-capone and easternstate.org/research/history-eastern-state/timeline
My friend, Eric, is a photographer who normally shoots models and weddings... he kept making me stand still and pose but I kept laughing (I'm not much of a serious model) but it was nice to have someone take pictures that made me feel pretty.
Ned as Hockey mom w/ Tina Fey glasses and the lipstick that separates him from a pitbull. Anti-Sarah Palin protest at Broad & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. Palin was in town to drop the puck at tonight's flyers game.
Anti-Sarah Palin protest at Broad & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. Palin was in town to drop the puck at tonight's flyers game.
Anti-Sarah Palin protest at Broad & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. Palin was in town to drop the puck at tonight's flyers game.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
Anti-Sarah Palin protest at Broad & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. Palin was in town to drop the puck at tonight's flyers game.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
This is me changing probably my 8th roll at that point. He has a Nikon D300 so he kept laughing at me shooting all over the place and having to change rolls every 5 minutes.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
Anti-Sarah Palin protest at Broad & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. Palin was in town to drop the puck at tonight's flyers game.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
© Ray Skwire
Superbowl LII Winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrate with their fans with their parade through the city.
Anti-Sarah Palin protest at Broad & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. Palin was in town to drop the puck at tonight's flyers game.