Street Scene in front of the Long Island City Courthouse after the Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray Case

Collection: Vertical Files at The Archives at Queens Library

Date: April 18, 1927; 1927-04-18 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 8 x 10 inches; 400 ppi

Creator: The Archives at Queens Library Identifier: aql:16442 vf-aql-000003 vf-aql-000003.tif

Description: The Long Island City Courthouse is home to the Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray case in 1927. Snyder was found guilty of the murder of her husband and was the first woman to die by electric chair; this event drew crowds of spectators as seen in this image

Title : Street Scene in front of the Long Island City Courthouse after the Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray Case

Collection : aql:13844; aql:18033

Creator : The Archives at Queens Library

Date : April 18, 1927; 1927-04-18

Summary/Description : The Long Island City Courthouse is home to the Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray case in 1927. Snyder was found guilty of the murder of her husband and was the first woman to die by electric chair; this event drew crowds of spectators as seen in this image

Subject : Courthouses; Historic buildings

Relation : Vertical Files at The Archives at Queens Library

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Court Square, Long Island City, Queens, NY Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital Image

Format : Black and white photograph; 8 x 10 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:16442 vf-aql-000003 vf-aql-000003.tif