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San Quentin Gas Chamber
The gas chamber that was located in San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California. The chamber was dismantled in 2019 when Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on capital punishment in California and ordered the execution sites to be…
Lethal Injection Bed
The lethal injection bed used in the "Old Main," the retired Southern part of the Penitentiary of New Mexico.
Execution of five deserters
Engraving of Union soldiers executing deserters via firing squad
John Brown's last speech
Abolitionist John Brown, about to be sentenced to death in 1859, addresses the court. Broadside sold at "The Liberator", Wm. Lloyd Garrison's newspaper.
Keep These Hands Off!
A poster encouraging people to buy war bonds
McCloud Lumber Mill
A Photograph of the McCloud lumber mill itself with logs floating in the river outside waiting to be milled
Vineyard workers in Guasti
A large group of male field workers pose together in the vineyards of Guasti, the wine community in Ontario.
L'Italia Newspaper San Francisco Office
The exterior of the San Francisco office of L'Italia