Tom Howard | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tom_Howard_photographer.jpg) Howard (center) wearing the camera he used to take the photo of Ruth Snyder's execution c. 1928[1] | |
| Born | Thomas James Howard Jr. September 11, 1894 |
| Died | October 8, 1961 (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Spouse |
Helen M. Walsh
(m. 1929; died 1958) |
| Children | 2 |
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Thomas James Howard Jr. (September 11, 1894 – October 8, 1961)[2] was an American photographer who worked at the Washington bureau of P. & A. Photographs during the 1920s. His photograph of the execution of Ruth Snyder in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, on January 12, 1928, has been called "the most famous tabloid photo of the decade".[3]
- ^ Klara, Robert (Jan 12, 2023). "How a New York Tabloid Captured the First Photo of an Execution by the Electric Chair". Smithsonian(Magazine). Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved Jan 1, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NYTobitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ This Fabulous Century: 1920–1930, vol. 3, Time-Life Books, 1969, p. 184, ISBN 0-8094-5766-0