lincoln assassination

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

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

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

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

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

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Appearance of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., after the murder.

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Theory. Practice. Effect. - Public domain print

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The martyr of liberty. - Public domain print

The martyr of liberty hath borne his faculties so meek; has been so clear in his great office; that his virtues shall plead, trumped-tongued against the deep damnation of his taking off. Volume 4, no 54 is a duplicate.

[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

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

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Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

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Death of President Lincoln. - Public domain scan / engraving

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Lincoln lies sleeping. - Public domain American music sheet

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Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

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Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

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Lincoln died in this house, 516 10th St., N. W., opposite Ford's Theat...

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Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

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

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[Subscription letter for National Testimonial of $100,000 for the Linc...

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."

Lincoln's funeral, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Drawing shows Ford's Theatre, 10th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. decorated with funeral bunting for President Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Title inscribed below image. Formerly matted with Waud no. 572 (may be r... More

General orders no. 44. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

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Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...

A nation bowed in grief will rise in might to exterminate the leaders ...

Surrounded by a black mourning border. Expressions of sorrow over President Lincoln's death.

On the death of President Lincoln! Who was assassinated on the 14th of...

Poem surrounded by black mourning border.

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

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

A nation mourns her martyr'd son.

Surrounded by black mourning border.

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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Daily Monitor Extra. Special dispatches, arrest of Booth, [Newspaper].

To the memory of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of Am...

Surrounded by mourning boarders.

Common council proceedings. - Public domain broadside, Library of Cong...

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Execution of the conspirators. Praparing [sic] for execution, springin...

A hymn on the death of President Lincoln. Sung at Wharton St. M. E. Ch...

Surrounded by a black mourning border.

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

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Death of Abraham Lincoln! - Public domain American music sheet

Surrounded by a black mourning border.

Death Bed of Abraham Lincoln, [Magee print].

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Appalling circumstance! The President dead! Escape of the Murderer!

Journal-- Ext, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.

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

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

Gazette Extra, [newspaper]. Chattanooga, April 15.

The great crime at Washington. Proclamation by the Mayor's office.

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Jamestown Journal Extra. The President's death. Second edition. 10 o'c...

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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

Reported death of Abm. Lincoln. Attack on Secretary Seward.

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Terrible work of blood. Assassination of the President and the Secreta...

Coffin containing the remains of President Lincoln; Small doors leadin...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 502 (1865 May 13), p. 125.

The assassin's escape. - Public domain portrait engraving

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

Delaware Republican Extra, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.

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General orders no. 66. War Department. The following order of the Secr...

Surrounded by a black mourning border. Announcement of Lincoln's death and instructions for mourning.

Britannia sympathises [sic] with Columbia.

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Freeport Journal, [newspaper]. April 15, 1865.

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God will avenge our slaughtered leader!

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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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John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National P...

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Daily Ohio State Journal, EXTRA. [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.

Execution of the four conspirators: Mrs. Surrat, Payne, Harold & Atzer...

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

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John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National P...

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Home of Mr. Petersen, opposite Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., where...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after Albert Berghaus. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 503 (1865 May 20), p. 132.

Poster broadcasting the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Artifact in the mu...

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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.

The Following are the headings of the (Sunday) morning, New York Heral...

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

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Assassination of the president Abraham Lincoln.

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We mourn our loved and martyred guide!

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Dashiell's western panarama [sic] and moving mirror of the assassinati...

In pencil: the Union Hell on Tuesday [sic] Eve July 31, 1866."

[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.

Lincoln bibliography. - Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincolniana

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Old Ford's Theatre, 10th St. N.W. Washington D.C. (where Lincoln was s...

Photo shows Ford's Theater and, to the right, the Central Free Dispensary, which opened in 1871. (Source: D. Tooley, 2007)

Lincoln and Garfield. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

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[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

Fords opera house in which Abraham Lincoln was shot

Photograph showing horses and buggies in front of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

In memoriam. "Gods will, not ours be done."

Includes oval portraits of Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

England's tribute to Lincoln [wood engraving from Punch, or the London...

"Le Charivari" was a French newspaper that was published from 1832 to 1937. It was known for its satirical and humorous content, and featured caricatures, jokes, and political commentary. The newspaper was know... More

Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Museum (Ford's Theatre)

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Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Museum (Ford's Theatre)

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

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Theatre tickets to Ford's Theatre the night Abraham Lincoln was assass...

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

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Compass belonging to Abraham Lincoln, preserved at Ford's Theatre, Was...

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

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

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

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Ford's Theatre is a historic theatre in Washington, D.C

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 Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865... More

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

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

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Lincoln Box, the box in which assassin John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham ...

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Abraham Lincoln bronze life mask and hands and what was in his pockets...

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Exhibit showing the coat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassi...

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Life mask and plaster hands of Abraham Lincoln, preserved at Ford's Th...

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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

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

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[Knife and Sheath: Horn-handled dagger used by John Wilkes Booth to st...

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

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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...

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