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Assassination of President A. Lincoln, April 14th 1865 at Ford's theater, Washington, D.C.

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Print shows the president's box at Ford's Theater with John Wilkes Booth, on the right, shooting President Lincoln who is seated at the front of the box; on the left are Mary Todd Lincoln seated in the front, Major Henry Rathbone rising to stop Booth, and Clara Harris standing behind Mrs. Lincoln.

Inscribed in pencil on back: Presented Gibson & Co. [...] 70.

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01/01/1870
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Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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