Execution Stereoviews

[Dave Taylor]

I found these two stereoview cards of the execution on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-Stereo...35d2ec6f14





http://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-Stereo...35d2ec77bd





The first stereoview is, I believe, a rare one. While many of the other shots of the execution have been scanned in high resolution and digitized by the Library of Congress, the only place I've ever seen the top one is from Betty, who has it in her book. It is the only execution photograph in which you can see Powell's face.