Description
Publicity photograph taken for Warden Lewis Lawes book, 10,000 years in Sing Sing. The electric chair was used in the "new" death house from 1922 to 1971.
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Subjects
Sing Sing Prison
Electrocution -- New York (State) -- History
Capital punishment -- New York (State) -- History
Object identifier
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Source
Lewis E. Lawes Papers, Lloyd Sealy Library Special Collections, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)Rights
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