10 years ago
San Quentin, California, USA — Original caption: Only a few hours of life remaining. San Quentin, California: Pictured as she entered the San Quentin Prison gates today is Barbara Graham, 31, mother of three, who is doomed to die in the gas chamber at 10:00 am tomorrow for the 1953 murder of Mrs. Mabel Monohan, 62, of Burbank, California. A car brought her to San Quentin from the Corona, California prison. Two men convicted with her, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins, will be executed a few hours later in the same gas chamber. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS