Lincoln Box, the box in which assassin John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham ...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The furniture in the box is not original. Title, date, ... More
Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034
![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 25, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0yNS0xODY1LTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 25, 1865.")
The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 25, 1865.
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$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
![Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., April 14th, 1865. [E. R. & E. C. Kellogg depiction of Lincoln's assassination.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYXNzYXNzaW5hdGlvbi1vZi1wcmVzaWRlbnQtbGluY29sbi1hdC1mb3Jkcy10aGVhdHJlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZC1jLWFwcmlsLTE0dGgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., April 14th, 1865. [E. R. & E. C. Kellogg depiction of Lincoln's assassination.]")
![American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4tYW5kLWNvbW1lcmNpYWwtYWR2ZXJ0aXNlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMTV0aC0xODY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.")
American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.
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![Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 3, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYm9zdG9uLWRhaWx5LWpvdXJuYWwtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0zLTE4NjUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 3, 1865.")
Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 3, 1865.
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![The Sun, [newspaper]. April 27th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bi1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjd0aC0xODY1LTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "The Sun, [newspaper]. April 27th, 1865.")
The "bullet," with which our martyr President A. Lincoln was assassina...
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![Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 22, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcHVibGljLWxlZGdlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjItMTg2NS0yLTEwMjQuanBn/40/54/webp "Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 22, 1865.")
Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 22, 1865.
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Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Apl. 14th 1865
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![View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdmlldy1vZi10aGUtYm94LWluLXdoaWNoLXRoZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtd2FzLWFzc2Fzc2luYXRlZC10YWtlbi1mcm9tLXRoZS1kcmVzcy04OTQzZTUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle")
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
The Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Replacing a more modest structure that dated back to 1803, it was built in 1836 on land donated by George Washington's brother, Charle... More
The Assassin, John Wilkes Booth., engraving, Library of Congress
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![Dayton Extra Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvZGF5dG9uLWV4dHJhLWpvdXJuYWwtbmV3c3BhcGVyLWFwcmlsLTE1LTE4NjUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "Dayton Extra Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.")
Dayton Extra Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.
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Belongings found on the body of John Wilkes Booth on April 26, 1865. ...
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
Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034
![The Independent, [newspaper]. April 27, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWluZGVwZW5kZW50LW5ld3NwYXBlci1hcHJpbC0yNy0xODY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "The Independent, [newspaper]. April 27, 1865.")
Wilkes Booth. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Photograph shows John Wilkes Booth, half-length portrait, facing left and holding a cane. No. 4564. Possibly an enlarged copy made in the later 1800s of a carte de visite photograph. This portrait also appears ... More
![[John Wilkes Booth, half-length studio portrait, sitting]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvam9obi13aWxrZXMtYm9vdGgtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtc3R1ZGlvLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNpdHRpbmctNGZlMDYxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/61/webp "[John Wilkes Booth, half-length studio portrait, sitting]")
[John Wilkes Booth, half-length studio portrait, sitting]
Autographed: Yours affectionately, John Wilkes Booth. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of e... More
Theory. Practice. Effect. - Public domain print
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![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 20, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLWp1bmUtMjAtMTg2NS0zLTEwMjQuanBn/40/52/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 20, 1865.")
The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 20, 1865.
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![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 1, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLWp1bmUtMS0xODY1LTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 1, 1865.")
The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 1, 1865.
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Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
![View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdmlldy1vZi10aGUtYm94LWluLXdoaWNoLXRoZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtd2FzLWFzc2Fzc2luYXRlZC10YWtlbi1mcm9tLXRoZS1kcmVzcy1mNTc2ZGQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle")
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
![[John Wilkes Booth seated, with cane in hand] / Silsbee, Case & Co., photographic artists, 299-1/2 Washington Street, Boston. Case & Getchell, from Dec. 3, 1862.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvam9obi13aWxrZXMtYm9vdGgtc2VhdGVkLXdpdGgtY2FuZS1pbi1oYW5kLXNpbHNiZWUtY2FzZS1hbmQtY28tcGhvdG9ncmFwaGljLTU1MmFiNi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/65/webp "[John Wilkes Booth seated, with cane in hand] / Silsbee, Case & Co., photographic artists, 299-1/2 Washington Street, Boston. Case & Getchell, from Dec. 3, 1862.")
[John Wilkes Booth seated, with cane in hand] / Silsbee, Case & Co., p...
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Frohne's Historic Military, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, March 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Cong... More
![Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President, [Magee Portrait of Booth].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvc2F0YW4tdGVtcHRpbmctYm9vdGgtdG8tdGhlLW11cmRlci1vZi10aGUtcHJlc2lkZW50LW1hZ2VlLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLWJvb3RoLWNjOWRjNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President, [Magee Portrait of Booth].")
Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President, [Magee Portrait o...
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The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns....
A sentimentalized allegory "Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln" of the reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Kimmel and Forster also produced two si... 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
The "bullet," with which our martyr President A. Lincoln was assassina...
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Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
![The Sun, [newspaper]. April 24th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bi1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjR0aC0xODY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/55/webp "The Sun, [newspaper]. April 24th, 1865.")
![The Sun, [newspaper]. May 8, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bi1uZXdzcGFwZXItbWF5LTgtMTg2NS0yLTEwMjQuanBn/40/54/webp "The Sun, [newspaper]. May 8, 1865.")
The assassin's escape. - Public domain portrait engraving
Extracted from Transatlantic Sketches; or Sixty days in America. London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1865.
The trail to Zekiah Swamp, leading away from The Dr. Mudd House Museum...
The assassinaton of Abraham Lincoln turned Dr. Mudd's mid-19th-century farmhouse into a historic site, when presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth sought medical treatment here on his escape route into Virgini... More
Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034
Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034
![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 27, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0yNy0xODY1LTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 27, 1865.")
The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 27, 1865.
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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
![Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 1, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYm9zdG9uLWRhaWx5LWpvdXJuYWwtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0xLTE4NjUtMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 1, 1865.")
Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 1, 1865.
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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.
Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
![The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bi1uZXdzcGFwZXItbmV3LXlvcmstYXByaWwtMTktMTg2NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.")
The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.
Black mourning border employed.
Seisure and death of the murderer Wilkie Booth.
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![American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4tYW5kLWNvbW1lcmNpYWwtYWR2ZXJ0aXNlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjFzdC0xODY1LTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.")
American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.
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![Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcHVibGljLWxlZGdlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjYtMTg2NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.")
Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.
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![Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcHVibGljLWxlZGdlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjYtMTg2NS0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/55/webp "Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.")
Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.
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Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...
A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More
![Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., April 14, 1865. [Depiction of Lincoln's assassination.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvYXNzYXNzaW5hdGlvbi1vZi1wcmVzaWRlbnQtbGluY29sbi1hdC1mb3Jkcy10aGVhdHJlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZC1jLWFwcmlsLTE0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., April 14, 1865. [Depiction of Lincoln's assassination.]")
Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...
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President Lincoln dead. Assassinated in the theatre at Washington last...
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The end of the rebellion in the United States, 1865 / C. Kimmel.
A sequel to Kimmel's grand image "The Outbreak of the Rebellion in the United States" (no. 1865-19), issued the year before. The artist depicts in symbolic terms the downfall of the Confederacy. Columbia, crown... More
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
Wilkes Booth. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Photograph shows John Wilkes Booth, half-length portrait, facing left and holding a cane. No. 4564. Possibly an enlarged copy made in the later 1800s of a carte de visite photograph. This portrait also appears ... More
The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns....
A sentimentalized allegory "Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln" of the reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Kimmel and Forster also produced two si... More
The escape and suicide of John Wilkes Booth.
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![The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWR1YnVxdWUtZGFpbHktdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLWFwcmlsLTE2dGgtMTg2NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.")
The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.
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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.
![Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcHVibGljLWxlZGdlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMTktMTg2NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.")
Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.
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The Murderers doom. Miserable death of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin o...
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![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 25, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0yNS0xODY1LTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 25, 1865.")
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
![The Sun, [newspaper]. April 29th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bi1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjl0aC0xODY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/55/webp "The Sun, [newspaper]. April 29th, 1865.")
![[John Wilkes Booth] / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvam9obi13aWxrZXMtYm9vdGgtYWxleC1nYXJkbmVyLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhlci10by10aGUtYXJteS1vZi10aGUtcG90b21hYy00NjQzZDYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[John Wilkes Booth] / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac.")
[John Wilkes Booth] / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the P...
Photograph showing portrait of John Wilkes Booth, seated, holding pipe. Notation on verso: "J. Wilkes Booth." Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018 Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was ... More
Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 29, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0yOS0xODY1LTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 29, 1865.")
Back side of The Dr. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf, Maryland
The assassinaton of Abraham Lincoln turned Dr. Mudd's mid-19th-century farmhouse into a historic site, when presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth sought medical treatment here on his escape route into Virgini... More
The Dr. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf, Maryland
The assassinaton of Abraham Lincoln turned Dr. Mudd's mid-19th-century farmhouse into a historic site, when presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth sought medical treatment here on his escape route into Virgini... More
![American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4tYW5kLWNvbW1lcmNpYWwtYWR2ZXJ0aXNlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjFzdC0xODY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/55/webp "American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.")
American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.
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![Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 3, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYm9zdG9uLWRhaWx5LWpvdXJuYWwtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0zLTE4NjUtMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 3, 1865.")
Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
![The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bi1uZXdzcGFwZXItbmV3LXlvcmstYXByaWwtMTktMTg2NS0zLTEwMjQuanBn/40/59/webp "The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.")
The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.
Black mourning border employed.
![Washington, April 14th, 1865. [MacClure, MacDonald & MacGregor depiction of Lincoln's assassination.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1hcHJpbC0xNHRoLTE4NjUtbWFjY2x1cmUtbWFjZG9uYWxkLWFuZC1tYWNncmVnb3ItZGVwaWN0aW9uLW9mLWxpbmNvbG5zLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "Washington, April 14th, 1865. [MacClure, MacDonald & MacGregor depiction of Lincoln's assassination.]")
Washington, April 14th, 1865. [MacClure, MacDonald & MacGregor depicti...
Extracted from Transatlantic sketches; or, Sixty days in America. London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1865.
![The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington, on the night of Friday, April 14, 1865, [Illustration].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvdGhlLWFzc2Fzc2luYXRpb24tb2YtcHJlc2lkZW50LWxpbmNvbG4tYXQtZm9yZHMtdGhlYXRyZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLW9uLXRoZS1uaWdodC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington, on the night of Friday, April 14, 1865, [Illustration].")
The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington,...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. Mudd's study room at The Dr. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf, Marylan...
The assassinaton of Abraham Lincoln turned Dr. Mudd's mid-19th-century farmhouse into a historic site, when presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth sought medical treatment here on his escape route into Virgini... More
Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034
![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 6, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS02LTE4NjUtMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 6, 1865.")
![The Evening Telegraph, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWV2ZW5pbmctdGVsZWdyYXBoLW5ld3NwYXBlci1hcHJpbC0xNS0xODY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "The Evening Telegraph, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.")
The Evening Telegraph, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.
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![The Richmond Times, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXJpY2htb25kLXRpbWVzLW5ld3NwYXBlci1hcHJpbC0yMXN0LTE4NjUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "The Richmond Times, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.")
The Richmond Times, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.
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![Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcHVibGljLWxlZGdlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjYtMTg2NS0yLTEwMjQuanBn/40/54/webp "Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.")
Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.
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![Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcHVibGljLWxlZGdlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjYtMTg2NS0zLTEwMjQuanBn/40/55/webp "Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.")
Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 26, 1865.
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![[John Wilkes Booth, half-length studio portrait, sitting]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvam9obi13aWxrZXMtYm9vdGgtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtc3R1ZGlvLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNpdHRpbmctZDllNmYzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[John Wilkes Booth, half-length studio portrait, sitting]")
[John Wilkes Booth, half-length studio portrait, sitting]
Autographed: Yours affectionately, John Wilkes Booth. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of e... More
National calamity! Lincoln & Seward assassinated!!
Surrounded by a black mourning border. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
$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.
Theory. Practice. Effect - Print, Library of Congress collection
An unusual, three-part wood engraving attributing John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the influence of the proslavery secret society, the Knights of the Golden Circle. Lincoln was shot by Bo... More
Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...
Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034
The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns....
A sentimentalized allegory "Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln" of the reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Kimmel and Forster also produced two si... More
Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Apl. 14th 1865
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![The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 6, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNoaWNhZ28tdGltZXMtbmV3c3BhcGVyLWp1bmUtNi0xODY1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/52/webp "The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 6, 1865.")
Mary Surratt Boarding House, 604 H Street, Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: The Mary Surratt Boarding House, along with her home in Maryland, is known for its part in the plot of and flight from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Survey number: HA... More
![The Sun, [newspaper]. April 24th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bi1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMjR0aC0xODY1LTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "The Sun, [newspaper]. April 24th, 1865.")
![View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdmlldy1vZi10aGUtYm94LWluLXdoaWNoLXRoZS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtd2FzLWFzc2Fzc2luYXRlZC10YWtlbi1mcm9tLXRoZS1kcmVzcy0zY2RiMmMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "View of the Box in which the Pr[esident was assassina]ted. Taken from the Dress Circle")
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
![Freeport Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvZnJlZXBvcnQtam91cm5hbC1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMTUtMTg2NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "Freeport Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.")
Freeport Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.
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![Utica Morning Herald, [newspaper]. May 22, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdXRpY2EtbW9ybmluZy1oZXJhbGQtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0yMi0xODY1LTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "Utica Morning Herald, [newspaper]. May 22, 1865.")
Utica Morning Herald, [newspaper]. May 22, 1865.
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![Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. April 24, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYm9zdG9uLWRhaWx5LWpvdXJuYWwtbmV3c3BhcGVyLWFwcmlsLTI0LTE4NjUtMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. April 24, 1865.")
Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. April 24, 1865.
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![Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 18, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYm9zdG9uLWRhaWx5LWpvdXJuYWwtbmV3c3BhcGVyLW1heS0xOC0xODY1LTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 18, 1865.")
Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 18, 1865.
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![American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4tYW5kLWNvbW1lcmNpYWwtYWR2ZXJ0aXNlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMTV0aC0xODY1LTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.")
American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.
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![The Home Weekly, [newspaper]. April 19th, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWhvbWUtd2Vla2x5LW5ld3NwYXBlci1hcHJpbC0xOXRoLTE4NjUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "The Home Weekly, [newspaper]. April 19th, 1865.")
The Home Weekly, [newspaper]. April 19th, 1865.
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