lincoln assassination

[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

Death of President Lincoln. - Public domain scan / engraving

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Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President, [Magee Portrait o...

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Death Bed of Abraham Lincoln, [Magee print].

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The President Dead! - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

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

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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

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

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

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

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[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...

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The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 2, 1865.

The Richmond Whig, [newspaper]. April 18, 1865.

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

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The Sun, [newspaper]. May 8, 1865.

Washington, April 14th, 1865. [MacClure, MacDonald & MacGregor depicti...

Extracted from Transatlantic sketches; or, Sixty days in America. London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1865.

Ford's Theatre. Friday evening, April 14, 1865. Our American cousin.

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

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Lincoln's last hour. - Public domain portrait drawing

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Theatre box where Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. Ford's T...

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

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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...

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

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

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The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 6, 1865.

The Evening Telegraph, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.

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Live but one moment: ballad poetry & music by J.W. Turner.

Plate/Publisher number: 5062 Additional copy (scsm0182) with variant imprint.

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

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

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The Richmond Times, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

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Public Ledger, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.

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Dayton Extra Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.

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We mourn our loved and martyred guide!

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

Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Museum (Ford's Theatre)

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Front bedroom at the Petersen House, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. In 1849, William A. Petersen, a German tailor, construc... More

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

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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

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

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Boston Post, newspaper. April 18, 1865

The Independent, [newspaper]. April 27, 1865.

The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 3, 1865.

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

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The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 4, 1865.

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

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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

Bedroom at Petersen House, where President Abraham Lincoln died in 186...

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Balcony of Ford's Theatre, with view of the private box in which Abrah...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. This image was taken in the 1990s. Title, date, subject... More

Tassles from Abraham Lincoln's funeral catafalque. Artifact in the mus...

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

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

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American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

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The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.

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Sketches of Lincoln perhaps by Morand.

Believed to have been sketched from life by the French artist, Pierre Morand. Cf. U. S. Library of Congress. Quarterly Journal of current acquisitions, v. 19, 1962, p. 148. Newspaper clipping attached on back o... More

New York Times, [newspaper]. May 5, 1865.

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[mourning badge.] - Public domain print

White satin mourning badge, stamped in gold, with vertical black borders on each side. Bust portrait of Lincoln.

Theory. Practice. Effect. - Public domain print

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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...

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

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

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[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

The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. June 1, 1865.

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The Richmond Whig, [newspaper]. April 18, 1865.

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

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

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New York Times, [newspaper]. April 18, 1865.

Black mourning border employed.

Wilke's Spirit of the Times, [newspaper]. April 22st, 1865.

Wilke's Spirit of the Times, [newspaper]. April 22st, 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...

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The assassin's escape. - Public domain portrait engraving

Extracted from Transatlantic Sketches; or Sixty days in America. London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1865.

[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.

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

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

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.)

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

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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.

[Mourning badge of colored satin with portrait of Lincoln]. Assassinat...

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

The Sun, [newspaper]. New York, April 19, 1865.

Black mourning border employed.

New York Times, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.

Black mourning border employed.

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...

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Ford's Theatre, Wash., D.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Ford's Theatre. Washington, D. C. [Playbills for Friday evening, April...

"Brown" type reproduction. Cf. Brenner, Ford's Theatre Lincoln Assassination Playbills. Another copy: E or Buckingham reproduction reprinted as a "Lincoln Souvenir" and stamped: "Engraving, Copyright. 1891."

[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

Oil painting of mortally wounded Abraham Lincoln as he is moved from F...

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Rope that was used to hang the Abraham Lincoln conspirators. Artifact ...

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

Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Panorama before 2009 renovation. Ford's Theatre is a historic theatre in Washington, D.C., used for various stage performances beginning in the 1860s. It is also the site of the assassination of U.S. President ... 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

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