Description: This is a mounted stereograph of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, with a brief narrative on the reverse. Construction for the limestone Ohio Penitentiary began in 1832. The dining hall at the prison could seat 1,700 men and there were 1,685 cells, the older cells measuring 3.5 feet x 7 feet and the new cells 5 feet x 8 feet. Located on Spring Street in downtown Columbus, the Ohio Penitentiary was open from 1834-1984. This stereograph was published as part of a series of images of state and city buildings in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC763_004
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio; Photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of John William Cline, a 25-year-old crane operator from Butler County, Ohio. Cline was convicted of the murder of Patrolman Aaron Laubach during a gas station robbery in Hamilton, Ohio, and was the 216th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 216, John William Cline, of Butler County, Legally Electrocuted February 1st, 1939, for the Murder of Patrolman Aaron Laubach, at Columbus, Ohio.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08270
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio); Hamilton (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph taken at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus shows 32-year-old Frank Tracy of Franklin County, Ohio. In 1938, Tracy was convicted of murdering David Haskins in Columbus. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 217, Frank Tracy of Franklin County, Legally Electrocuted March 3rd, 1939, for the Murder of David Haskins, at Columbus, Ohio.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08271
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 28, 1934, this is a photograph of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, that shows prisoners lined up outside the prison. Construction for the limestone Ohio Penitentiary began in 1832. The dining hall at the prison could seat 1,700 men and there were 1,685 cells, the older cells measuring 3.5 feet x 7 feet and the new cells 5 feet x 8 feet. Located on Spring Street in downtown Columbus, the Columbus Penitentiary was open from 1834-1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC763_003
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio; Prisoners and prisons; Photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Inmates in the barber shop at the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1969-1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01794
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Harvey L. Roush, a 47-year-old tenant farmer of Marion County, Ohio. Cline was the 221st individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 221, Harvey L. Roush, of Marion County, Legally Electrocuted April 26th, 1939 for the Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Homer T. Myers, at Marion, Ohio.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08275
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio); Marion (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Nick Babich, a 54-year-old laborer of Trumbull County, Ohio. Babich was convicted of killing his wife, Barbara, and a neighbor, Dan Gross, in 1938. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 222, Nick Babich, of Trumbull County, Legally Electrocuted May 9th, 1939, for the Murder of his Wife, Barbara Babich and Dan Gross, at Warren, Ohio.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08276
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Warren (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Pang Young of Hamilton County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Young was one of the youngest to be executed in Ohio, and was 18 years old at the time of his death. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 224, Oang Young of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted July 12th, 1939 for the Murder of Mr. James Hill, at Cincinnati, Ohio.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08278
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Lafe Williams, a 47-year-old farm laborer of Butler County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Williams was the 225th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 225, Lafe Williams of Butler County, Legally Electrocuted October 25th, 1939, for the Murder of Mr. Henry Graham, at Hamilton, Ohio.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08279
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Monroe Bohannon, a 33-year-old of Hamilton County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Bohannon was the 226th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 226, Monroe Bohannon of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted July 10, 1940 for the Murder of Joseph Peters, Cincinnati, Ohio." In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08280
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Eugene Harris, a 24-year-old male from Montgomery County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Harris was the 227th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 227, Eugene Harris of Montgomery County, Legally Electrocuted October 23, 1940, for the Murder of Policeman Lucius Rice, at Dayton, Ohio." In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08281
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of William (Bill) Sevastis, a 54-year-old waiter of Belmont County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. was the individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. Sevastis was convicted of murdering Mike Kutsos, his employer, and was the 230th individual to be executed via the electric chair in the State of Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 230, Bill Sevastis of Belmont County, Legally Electrocuted February 26, 1941, for the Murder of Mike Kutsos, at Martins Ferry, Ohio." In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08284
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Martins Ferry (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)