This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 26-year-old Joseph Cosby. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Cosby was the 310th individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 310 Joseph Louis Cosby Cuyahoga County Legally Electrocuted September 30, 1960, for the murder of Raymond Mack” 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 pos...