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

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 assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865

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.

Gessler's tod - nach dem Wandgemälde in der Tellskapelle am Vierwaldstätter-See La mort de Gessler - d'après la fresque dans la chapelle de Tell au lac des quatre cantons ; The death of Gessler - from the fresco in Tell's Chapel on the lake of the four cantons / / Dr. Ernst Stückelberg pinx. ; Rud. Leemann sculp.

Gessler's tod - nach dem Wandgemälde in der Tellskapelle am Vierwaldst...

Print showing Hermann Gessler falling off his horse after being shot in the chest by William Tell, standing among trees in the upper right, holding a crossbow. A cleric, soldiers, and supporters come to Gessler... More

[Photograph of a painting of Ford's Theatre interior, showing where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated] / Painted by Chas. Gulager.

[Photograph of a painting of Ford's Theatre interior, showing where Pr...

Caption printed below the photo: "From original painting of the inside of the box at Ford's Theatre, in which the President, Abraham Lincoln, was shot, on the night of April 14, 1865. Numbered key identifies th... More

Assassination of President McKinley

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.

The "bullet," with which our martyr President A. Lincoln was assassinated by J.W. Booth, as seen under a microscope

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 "bullet," with which our martyr President A. Lincoln was assassinated by J.W. Booth, as seen under a microscope

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

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

Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Apl. 14th 1865

Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Apl. 14th 1865

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

Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Washington Streets, San Francisco, California / / Richardson=Cox, sc.  Execution of James P. Casey and Charles Cora in front of the vigilance committee rooms, San Francisco, California

Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Wash...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 19, p. 88.

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President

Lincoln's assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, is goaded by a hideous Mephistophelian figure to shoot the unsuspecting President, who is visible in a theater box beyond. Booth stands erect, his left arm behind hi... More

Ford's Theatre, scene of the assassination

Ford's Theatre, scene of the assassination

"765" below photo. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support... More

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

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

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

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 assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865

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.

A tail they can't twist / Gillam.

A tail they can't twist / Gillam.

Print shows Samuel S. Cox, Abram S. Hewitt, and William E. Robinson (waving a paper that states "The demands of 20,000,000 Irish-Americans") pulling on the tail of the British Lion who is resting its front paws... More

The yellow press / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon

The yellow press / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst as a jester tossing newspapers with headlines such as "Appeals to Passion, Venom, Sensationalism, Attacks on Honest Officials, Strife, Distorted News, Personal Grievan... More

Sirhan Mesches '68, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Sirhan Mesches '68, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Drawing shows Sirhan B. Sirhan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. The drawing is dated [19]68, so may have been done while in captivity or at an arraignment, prior to Sirhan's trial in 1969. ... More

Washington, D.C.--The attack on the President's life--Scene in the ladies' room of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot--The arrest of the assassin / from sketches by our special artist's [sic] A. Berghaus and C. Upham.

Washington, D.C.--The attack on the President's life--Scene in the lad...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 July 16, pp. 332-333.

Letter and corrected reprint of Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain" with comments by author, 9 February 1888

Letter and corrected reprint of Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain"...

Reproduction number: A83 (color slide of letter); A84 (color slide of poem reprint); LC-MSS-77909-1 (B&W negative of poem reprint) Inspired by the death of President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Walt Whitman (1... More

Too much like Cæsar / C.J. Taylor.

Too much like Cæsar / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Benjamin Harrison as Caesar, standing in the foreground, wearing a Roman toga and a laurel wreath; Thomas B. Reed as Cassius and William McKinley as Brutus are standing in the background, wearing Ro... More

"Et tu, Andy!" / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

"Et tu, Andy!" / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Andrew Carnegie as Brutus, wearing a Roman toga and holding a large knife with which he is about to stab another man labeled "High Protection" who has slumped against a monument labeled "Ding... More

Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Apl. 14th 1865

Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Apl. 14th 1865

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

New Year's greeting from presidential assassin Charles Julius Guiteau to his jailer, 31 December 1881

New Year's greeting from presidential assassin Charles Julius Guiteau ...

Reproduction number: A45 (color slide) Presidential assassinations maintain a strong hold on the American imagination. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) continues to resonate with Ameri... More

[Uncle Sam's menagerie], Confederate States of America.

[Uncle Sam's menagerie], Confederate States of America.

Issued in the wake of Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, the print conveys some of the Northern hostility toward the conspirators, whom the public associated with former president of the Confederacy Jeffers... More

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President

Lincoln's assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, is goaded by a hideous Mephistophelian figure to shoot the unsuspecting President, who is visible in a theater box beyond. Booth stands erect, his left arm behind hi... More

Michel Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau, président a mortier au parlement de Paris, puis député à la Convention Nationale, assassiné le 20 Janvier 1793 Duplessi Bertaux inv. et del. ; Duplessi-Bertaux aqua forti ; Levachez sculp

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

Sergt. Boston Corbett, 16th N.Y. Cavalry., who shot J. Wilkes Booth, April 26, 1865 Brady, Washington

Sergt. Boston Corbett, 16th N.Y. Cavalry., who shot J. Wilkes Booth, A...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Bob Lucas, October 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Letter and corrected reprint of Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain" with comments by author, 9 February 1888

Letter and corrected reprint of Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain"...

Reproduction number: A83 (color slide of letter); A84 (color slide of poem reprint); LC-MSS-77909-1 (B&W negative of poem reprint) Inspired by the death of President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Walt Whitman (1... More

New Year's greeting from presidential assassin Charles Julius Guiteau to his jailer, 31 December 1881

New Year's greeting from presidential assassin Charles Julius Guiteau ...

Reproduction number: A45 (color slide) Presidential assassinations maintain a strong hold on the American imagination. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) continues to resonate with Ameri... More

As dead as Julius Caesar - Drawing. Public domain image.

As dead as Julius Caesar - Drawing. Public domain image.

"After the great historical picture "The Death of Caesar" by Jean Leon Gerome." No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project don... More

Our martyred presidents M.J. Scanlon

Our martyred presidents M.J. Scanlon

Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield in oval wreaths held by an eagle with wings spread, perched on a fasces, at the top of the U.S. Capitol, with the Statue of Freedom holding its w... More

[Gessler's death] / Dr. E. Stückelberg pinx. ; R. Leemann sculp.

[Gessler's death] / Dr. E. Stückelberg pinx. ; R. Leemann sculp.

Print showing Hermann Gessler falling off his horse after being shot in the chest by William Tell, standing among trees in the upper right, holding a crossbow. A cleric, soldiers, and supporters come to Gessler... More

Gessler's tod - nach dem Wandgemälde in der Tellskapelle am Vierwaldstätter-See La mort de Gessler - d'après la fresque dans la chapelle de Tell au lac des quatre cantons ; The death of Gessler - from the fresco in Tell's Chapel on the lake of the four cantons Dr. Ernst Stückelberg pinx. ; Rud. Leemann sculp

Gessler's tod - nach dem Wandgemälde in der Tellskapelle am Vierwaldst...

Print showing Hermann Gessler falling off his horse after being shot in the chest by William Tell, standing among trees in the upper right, holding a crossbow. A cleric, soldiers, and supporters come to Gessler... More

Sergt. Boston Corbett, 16th N.Y. Cavalry., who shot J. Wilkes Booth, April 26, 1865 Brady, Washington

Sergt. Boston Corbett, 16th N.Y. Cavalry., who shot J. Wilkes Booth, A...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Bob Lucas, October 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper