Assassination

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

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

Augustin Braun (German, Cologne ca. 1570–1639 Cologne) Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miniature of an assassination scene, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders. Image taken from f. 140v of Jean d'Arras, Roman de Mélusine (imperfect). Written in French. The More

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Trauerplakat der Franziskaner von Dubrovnik - Naklada O. Franjevaca u Dubrovniku

Print shows members of the new ministry, among them, Fox, Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke, and Keppel, dismantle a statue of Britannia; they are prevented from doing further damage by Thurow and Mansfield who More

British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta More

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

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

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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

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Lot - a collection of 50 american coins, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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A collection of 50 canadian coins, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian, Rome 1771–1844 Rome) Public domain scan of 18th century Italian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai More

A black and white photo of a rocking chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai More

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Two copies.

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William H. Key (active 1864–92) Public domain photograph of archaeological object, copper alloy metal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William H. Key (active 1864–92) Public domain photograph of a medal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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.

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

Exterior view of Ford's Theatre, 511 10th Street, NW. Best known as the location of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the building was originally constructed as a place of worship. in 1859 the structur More

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 hanging of convicted conspirators David Herold, George Azterodt, Lewis Powell and Mary Surratt took place July 7, 1865 at 1:26pm. This photo depicts the reading of the death sentence moments before hanging. More

Montages shows portraits of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the assassination of Lincoln: George Azterodt, David Herold, Edmund Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, and Lewis Powell alias P More

Print shows actor John Wilkes Booth shooting President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. A quotation from Shakespeare's Macbeth appears below the title. This record contains unverified data More

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

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Sketch of bookstore with bunting. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed right of image: Treason has done his worst / Ey [sic] high. Inscribed left of image: 332. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.152) More

Lincoln, Abraham,- Death. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 61.

Michael O'Laughlen (also spelled O'Laughlin), half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, wearing hat, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative More

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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

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.

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

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

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

Three separate sketches. Two are street scenes and one a map. Title devised. Inscribed on the map left of image: Short without mantle strapped in saddle black Horse Gray Horse black and tan[] 3 curries in shirt More

Lincoln, Abraham- Assassination,. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 126, Folder 10.

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"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

0530M3.; S2 42.; Rec. R.B.; 9-28-42. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Port More

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

This image has been taken from scan 000401 from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, civil, military, naval and domestic; embracing the ... events of the great conflict in More

This image has been taken from scan 000576 from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, civil, military, naval and domestic; embracing the ... events of the great conflict in More

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

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

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

Photo date unknown. Laura Keene, famous actress and leading lady in 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, halted the play when the Lincolns entered the theatre after the start of the play. More

Print shows Justice holding a large sword and carrying a lantern, with a cloth labeled "Justice" over her mouth, searching a cemetery, among tombstones labeled "Formed no opinion died 1660, Formed no opinion 16 More

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

Head-and-shoulders portraits of Mrs. Dr. Susan Edson, Dr. J.J. Woodward, and Dr. Robert Reyburn; woman handing guard bottle of patent medicine for the president; collection of quack medicines and apparatus; Jam More

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

Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 63, 1881 Oct. 1, p. 65.

Composite of 9 photoprints: portraits of Pres. Garfield, Dr. Bliss, Dr. Townshend and Guiteau the assassin; exterior of B.&P. Depot and room where he was shot; the coffin in State in U.S. Capitol; the gun used. More

Interior of a railroad car, President Garfield in bed being attended to by his wife and several doctors. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, pp. 56-57. Reference copy in PRES FILE.

16919 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Sheehy, J.W., copyrig More

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.

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

Print shows Marie-François-Sadi Carnot lying in state after being assassinated by an Italian anarchist; in the right foreground, a female figure holding a sword labeled "Law and Order" is stepping on a large sn More

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

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."

The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station located at 6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW and has sometimes been refered to as the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Built in 1873 and was the site of President James A. More

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

Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2169 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: "No. 2."

"The camera was positioned at such a height behind a large group of people outside an exhibit building that mainly hats are visible"--Early motion pictures. On Friday, September 6th, 1901, we had our cameras in More

This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly afterwards, the face of Abraham Lincoln and then of two othe More

H9823 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

The Surratt house at 604 H Street, NW, 1901. Mary Surratt ran this boarding house in 1865 where John Wilkes Booth was alleged to have met with co-conspirators to plan President Lincoln’s assassination. ..Mrs. S More

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt taking over the duties of president following the assassination of President McKinley. He is standing in an office, holding a paper labeled "Mckinley's Policy"; his rough r More

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

The film begins by showing railroad cars in the foreground with the overshadowing walls of a state prison in the background. The second camera position, from a higher elevation, pans slowly showing the yard int More

Reproduction of first photograph of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, in jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's weekly, McKinley extra, 1901 Sept. 9, cover. Copyrighted by Judge Company, 1901.

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

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.