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Electric Chair, Sing Sing Prison



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Title: Electric Chair, Sing Sing Prison
Description: An image of the electric chair. The image focuses upon the chair, with its plethora of straps. The wooden walls and concrete floor are visible around it. Printed in the bottom left corner: "Wm. Terhune." Printed below: "Electric Chair, Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N.Y."
Image ID: 74912
Creator
Name: 		Unknown
City, State: Ossining, New York
Collection
Name: 		Albertype Collection
Genre: Photographs
Subjects: Crime
Prisons
Indoor photography
Electric apparatus and appliances
Chairs
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society.
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