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First Electric Chair at Ohio State Penitentiary

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.…

Lynching announcement. John Hartfield will be lynched.

The article is a full page. The article demonstrates the level of mob justice and racial violence and how such culture impacted executions, legal and illegal, at the time.

Betty Friedan, president of the National Organization for Women, tells reporters in the New York State Assembly lobby of the groups intention to "put sex into section I of the New York constitution"

Andersonville Burial Trench

Andersonville prison burial trenches displaying men standing over burial with tools in hand.

Map of Andersonville Prisoners of War Camp, 1860's Era U.S.

Map of Andersonville prison for Confederate prisoners of war. Map details significant sites on the prison grounds.

Don't Be a Dope - Handle Equipment Right

Poster of a soldier in a crashed vehicle on his way to Berlin

German Propaganda Movie Cover "The Eternal Jew"

Of Course I Can

A poster of a woman holding many jars of food with a surprised or elated look on her face.

"Man the guns-Join the Navy"

World War II Patriotic Poster

Technician checking our car for radiation

Technician checking a car for radiation, but the monitor was off so that no one knew if there was real radiation on it.

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