You’d think this Sutpen guy was spying on us. Yesterday he featured an unpenitent thief; today it’s an execution. When I saw this, I thought it was an electric chair, but I ran the photo through Google Image search to find this NY Daily News article that identifies it as a gas chamber. The Westinghouse logo made me think electric chair, but I didn’t think they left the eyes exposed for electrocution. Of course, if it was the chair, that logo would says something interesting about power relationships.
The picture was taken by Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, an NYC photojournalst from the 30s and 40s.
