Execution of the conspirators. The arrival on the scaffold. July 7, 1865

Stereograph shows the execution of President Lincoln's assassins.
Part of the series, Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 981.
Gardner's 1865 copyright line on bottom recto.
Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:156).
Forms part of: Civil War stereo LOTS (Library of Congress).

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.