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Electric Chair

Subjects: Capital punishment -- Ohio; Ohio History -- State and Local Government -- Corrections;
Places: Columbus (Ohio);
Collection: Ohio Penitentiary Photo Report
Source: State Archives Series 1641 AV; Box 1, Folder 3
Item ID: OHS: AL01790.tif
Description: The electric chair in the Death House at the Ohio Penitentiary, ca. 1969-1970. The electric chair was first used to carry out death sentences in Ohio in 1897.
Width: 2000 pixels
Height: 2525 pixels