Details: This lot consists of five postcards depicting electric chairs.

Four are real photo postcards of the execution chamber at Auburn State Prison in Auburn, NY. Each shows a photograph of "Old Sparky," the nickname given electric chair which was used for the first execution by electrocution in the history of the death penalty. Postmarks include 1909, 1910 and 1911.

Also included is a card postmarked 1910 with an artists rendition of the electric chair in Sing Sing Prison, in Ossining, New York, which also earned the moniker, Old Sparky.
Condition / Notes: This postcard is in very good condition for its age, exhibiting slight edge and corner wear and some discoloration of

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