The Execution



Photo Title

The Execution

Photographer/Creator

Bill Wax

Collection

1985

Publisher

Gainesville Sun

Caption/Description

A guard opens the holding cell door adjacent to the chair. A view of “Old Sparky,” the electric chair, with phone hookups to the superintendents and the governor. The view is through the glass as seen by the witnesses.

Citation

Bill Wax, "The Execution," in POYi Archive, Item #13695, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/13695 (accessed April 21, 2025).

Date Added

07.04.2008