Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of James Willie Brown, age 28. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Brown, along with Cook Jenkins, was convicted of robbing and murdering Jacob Reinstatler, a Cincinnati jeweler; both men were executed. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 241, James Willie Brown of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted April 6th, 1945, for the Murder of Jacob Reinstatler.” 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: AL08295
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death Row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Electrocution; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of James "Cook" Jenkins, age 24. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Jenkins, along with James Brown, was convicted of robbing and murdering Jacob Reinstatler, a Cincinnati jeweler; both men were executed. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 242, Cook Jenkins of Hamilton County, Legally Electrocuted April 6th, 1945, for the Murder of Jacob Reinstatler.” 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: AL08296
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death Row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Electrocution; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 29-year-old Donald Reinbolt. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Reinbolt was the 315th and final individual to be executed in the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 315 Donald L. Reinbolt Franklin County, Legally Electrocuted March 15, 1963 for the murder of Edgar L. Weaver” 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: AL08366
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Portrait photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photographs showing soap and clothing items issued to early twentieth century prisoners at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. The photograph in the upper left depicts two patterned, folded handkerchiefs or bandanas, a pair of overalls, and a folded, button-down shirt. The image on the upper right shows a pair of men's pants, with a label directly underneath that has "MEN'S PANTS" typed on it. The clothes appear to be denim fabric, which could mean they were issued for work purposes. The photograph at the bottom shows three blocks of white soap. Each block of soap appears to be stamped with the words "MADE FOR STATE USE BY OHIO BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION." A typewritten label underneath this image states "STATE BATH & LAUNDRY SOAP" with "Ca 1911-21" handwritten. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08367
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Various Items of the winter issue clothing to Ohio prisoners for both men and women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08368
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Clothing and dress
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three photos of state-issued men's underclothing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08371
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group photo of prison personnel, many identified. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08389
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group photo of prison personnel outside of the prison wall. All of the people are identified with last names only. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08390
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Valentine Wagner of Morrow County, legally executed at 2:30 A.M. July 31, 1885, for the Murder of Daniel Shehan at Mt. Gilead, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08027
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row; Prisoners and prisons
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

Description: Josiah Terrill of Meigs County, legally executed at 12:34 A.M. for the Murder of Charles Phelps at Pomeroy, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08029
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio; Death row
 

Description: Ollis Miller of Union County, Legally Executed at 12:33 A.M. December 3, 1890, for the Murder of Emma Johnson at Marysville, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08034
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Death row
 

Description: Elmer Sharkey, of Preble County, Legally Executed at 12:22 A.M., December 19, 1890, for the Murder of his mother at Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08035
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Electrocution; Death row; Portrait photography
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)