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A 1908 description of an execution states that 1750 volts were used in the electric chair for the first seven seconds and then 250 volts for the remainder of a minute. The caption reads, "The first electric chair at the Ohio State Penitentiary.…

Miners standing near a ditch with a log cabin in the background.

Aerial photograph of Cuban missile launch sites.

Women's Movement

This website provides translated transcripts of Valery Legasov’s memoir

James Marshall stands in front of Sutter's Mill where he first discovered gold.

Einsegnung der deutschen 2. Marine-Feldkompanie im Schutzgebiet Deutsch-Südwestafrika für den Kampf gegen das Herero-Volk.

Consecration of the German 2nd Marine Field Company in the German South West Africa Protected Area for the fight against the…