assassination

[Calling card.] Henry R. Rathbone, U.S. Army. Artifact in the museum c...

; part of title devised by Library staff. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031). Forms p... More

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: General Correspondence and Related Material, 1817-...

[Lincoln's funeral procession] - Public domain document scan of drawin...

Title devised. Inscribed below pallbearers: Men[?]. Inscribed below horses: 6 Greys. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.387) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Michael O'Laughlin, a conspirator, manacle...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. This photograph has background of dark metal, and was presumably taken on the monitors, U.S.S. Montauk and Saugus, w... More

$100,000 reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham L...

Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lin... More

Owen House - Public domain historic place drawing

Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.567 verso) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Execution of the conspirators. The arrival on the scaffold. July 7, 1...

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; (D... More

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

Crescite et multiplicamini, Landscape view print

Ford's Grand Opera House, Baltimore, surrounded by views of the New Opera House, Washington; Ford's Theatre (shown here serving as the United States Medical Museum), 10th St., Washington; Holliday St. Theatre, ... More

Crescite et multiplicamini, Landscape view print

Ford's Grand Opera House, Baltimore, surrounded by views of the New Opera House, Washington; Ford's Theatre (shown here serving as the United States Medical Museum), 10th St., Washington; Holliday St. Theatre, ... More

Death of Lincoln - Public domain drawing

Diagrammatic reconstruction of Lincoln deathbed scene. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image, from left to right: Henrys [Horseshow] (picture); Wells; Stanton; Unknown; Dennison; Sumner; Capt [Rob... More

Death of Lincoln - Public domain drawing

Diagrammatic reconstruction of Lincoln deathbed scene. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image, from left to right: Henrys [Horseshow] (picture); Wells; Stanton; Unknown; Dennison; Sumner; Capt [Rob... More

Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from September 2, 1901 to October 29...

Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from September 2, 1901 to October 29...

Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from September 2, 1901 to October 29...

[Sisters in sorrow] - Public domain portrait drawing

Britannia, a draped female figure, extends her hand to a mourning, female figure of Italia, kneeling beside a casket. Matted with offprint for published version. No copyright information found with item. Publis... More

Arrow shows blood stain on stage of Audubon ballroom where Malcolm X w...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

["Don't work" sign promoting a holiday to honor the anniversary of the...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coat Abraham Lincoln was wearing the night be was shot by Booth at For...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

[Derringer gun John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.]...

Derringer: The gun John Wilkes Booth used to change American history was a .44-caliber pistol made by Henry Deringer of Philadelphia. One shot was all that Booth had. The gun was favored for its small size, it ... More

Washington, D.C. General John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant t...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge,... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: General Correspondence and Related Material, 1817-...

Joseph Holt Papers: General Correspondence and Related Material, 1817-...

James A. Garfield Papers: Series 4, General Correspondence, 1852-1882;...

[Washington, D.C. Ford's Theater with guards posted at entrance and cr...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

[Washington, D.C. General John F. Hartranft and staff, responsible for...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Left to right: Capt. R.A. Watts, Lt. Col. George W. Frederick, Lt. Col. William H.H. McCall, Lt. D.H. Geissinger, G... More

Lincolns death bed. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.466) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Washington, District of Columbia. President's box at Ford's Theatre

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the evening of his assass...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene of the assassination of General James A. Garfield, President of ...

M19843 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mathews.

View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from ...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed left margin within image: Thick Honeysuckle. Inscribed upper right: The Portrait of Washington in center of box was festooned with national flag, Blue field & stars in right ... More

[Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Edman Spangler, a "conspirator," in hat an...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. This photograph has background of dark metal, and was presumably taken on the monitors, U.S.S. Montauk and Saugus, w... More

[Washington, D.C. General John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]

Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... More

[Washington, D.C., 1865 - David E. Herold, one of the Lincoln assassin...

David E. Herold, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative available for use: LC-B817-7786

Assassination of President Lincoln - the murderer leaping upon the sta...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20 (1865 May 6), p. 98 (cover).

The "reds" and the "yellows" - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Puck pointing at two men and tugging at the robe of Justice who is raising the blindfold from over her eyes and giving a stern look at the men, one a ruffian holding a bomb and a red flag lab... More

Assassination of President McKinley

Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a concealed revolver, at Pan-American Exposition reception, Sept. 6th, 1901. H65676 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of wash drawing by T. Dart Walker.

D/A Henry Wade (l) conducts press conf. in line-up room / New York Her...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

I would no more teach school children military training than teach the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Petersen House, where Abraham Lincoln was carried and died after assas...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Petersen House, Washington, D.C.

Petersen House where Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 after being shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Threatre. The house is located directly across from For... More

Piece of wallpaper from the box Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when as...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

The compass used by John Wilkes Booth when he tried to escape Washingt...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

[Goggles carried by Lincoln's bodyguards during his train ride through...

; part of title from Ford's Theater Collection website. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

[Photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln.] Artifact in the museum collection, ...

; part of title devised by Library staff. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031). Forms p... More

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Invitations, acceptances, a...

Joseph Holt Papers: Personal Correspondence, 1832-1895; 1874-1875

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James A. Garfield Papers: Series 6, Letterbooks and Outgoing Correspon...

[Lincoln's funeral procession] - Public domain image related to music ...

Title devised. Inscribed below pallbearers: Men[?]. Inscribed below horses: 6 Greys. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.387) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

$100,000 reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham L...

Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lin... More

The "bullet," with which our martyr President A. Lincoln was assassina...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the evening of his assass...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

[Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

[Washington, D.C. Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crow...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865. Photograph includes woman.

The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the evening of his assass...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the evening of his assass...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. Rocking chair used by President Lincoln in Ford's Th...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

The assassination of the Sage of Ashland

The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia. The convention's act was... More

[Architectural details with notation: LINCOLN] during American Civil W...

Four sketches of Washington buildings. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.149) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[D.C. - Wash. - "Ford's Theatre as it was in 1865"]

Stereo by Bell & Bros. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Theaters.

New Jersey--The removal of President Garfield, with his physicians and...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56-57.

The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving

Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More

The Killing of Pizarro / Paris.

Illus. in: The New world heroes of discovery and conquest / by D.M. Kelsey. Philadelphia, Pa. : National Publishing Company, c1891, p. 414. Reference copy in Biog. File - Pizarro, Francisco, 1470?-1541.

Portrait photo of Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2174 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: "No. 7."

William McKinley. Martyred president - illustrious citizen, soldier & ...

Print shows a statue of William McKinley, full-length, standing on a pedestal with an eagle at his feet, a stars and stripes shield on center of the pedestal, and at the base of the monument female figures of C... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency not held by the Library. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M.... More

Coat Abraham Lincoln was wearing the night be was shot by Booth at For...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee

Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King was assissinated during the Civil Rights Movement on April 4, 1968. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America... More

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

[Gloves]. Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Fo...

; part of title devised by Library staff. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031). Forms p... More

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Financial Papers, 1822-1894; Ledgers; Chilton & Re...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Invitations, acceptances, a...

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Invitations, acceptances, a...

Lincoln's deathbed - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed: Welles; Stanton; Doctor Howe; Surg. Genl; Dennson [sic] Sumner; Ass. Surg. Genl Craig; Halleck; Maj. Hay; Genl Meigs. Emboss mark upper left: Bristol Boards. Gift; J.P. Mo... More

The terrible tragedy at Washington. Assassination of President Lincoln...

Printed in English on one side and German on the other. Advertisement for a book that was published by Barclay & Co., Philadelphia, in 1865. (Monaghan768.)

Assassination of President A. Lincoln, April 14th 1865 at Ford's theat...

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, M... More

The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the evening of his assass...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

The assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington,...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0314. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lincoln, Abraham.

Michel Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau, président a mortier au parlement d...

Print shows Michel Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in medallion above frieze depicting his assassination in a restaurant in the Palais Royal. Printed below image: * l'A... More

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The pursuit, capture, death and buri...

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Carte de visite photographs carried by Booth at the time of his captur...

Photographs depict some of Booth's "girlfriends." The small size of the cartes de visites made them very portable and ideal for use as a kind of calling card. The women included Booth's fiancée, Lucy Hale, and... More