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Assassination of President Lincoln - the murderer leaping upon the sta...

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

[Scenes from the assassination of President Lincoln]

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

The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865.

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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

National anthem for the obsequies of the late President Lincoln, in Un...

Verses only.

Funeral procession of President Lincoln, as it started from the Depot ...

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Funeral service of President Lincoln at Chicago, Illinois, May 1. Rem...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after photograph by Alschuler. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 503 (1865 May 20), p. 136.

[Letter reporting a resolution adopted by the Executive Committee requ...

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 Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865

Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of soldiers with rifles marching down Broadway in New York City during Lincoln's funeral procession. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T Antho... More

1) The President's funeral car, on a steam lighter, approaching New Yo...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 502 (1865 May 13), p. 116.

The silent sorrow of the enfranchised slave. Suggested by the obsequie...

At head of title: From the Commerical Advertiser, May 3d, 1865. In English. (language)

Second inaugural address of the late President Lincoln.

From the Oliver R. Barrett Collection. Surrounded by black mourning border.

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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President Lincoln's first home in Illinois

Photograph of drawing shows two men standing in front of a log cabin. Additional text: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865 by J.L. Campbell...for the Northern District of Illinois. Written on... More

Harvard Square in 1865, station draped in honor of President Lincoln

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

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 home & tomb of President Lincoln presented by the Sangamo Ins. Co....

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ehrgott.

Mrs. Lincoln, wife of President Lincoln, President of the United State...

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Purchase; 1909. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Obsequies of President Lincoln. Order of funeral procession. The commi...

Printed in three columns with a blank mourning border.; 2083 C6.; 13 May 44.; Rec. May '44.; On verso, Copy 1: Source unknown July 20, 1964. On verso, Copy 2: 2083C6 13 My 44. Available also through the Libr... More

Meeting of condolence on the assassination of President Lincoln. Abrid...

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.

Willits, Honorable Edwin of Mich. Appointed Postmaster of Monroe, Janu...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 895 [crossed out], 1953, Edw. Willits, Ex M.C. Michigan, 30933, 10 of this. Credit line: Brady-Handy phot... More

Former Residence of President Lincoln, Birthplace of Robt. Lincoln

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Lincoln's favorite horse on the day of his master's funeral, Lincoln H...

Lincoln loved his dog, Fido, and had an affinity for cats. He also loved horses. He had several during his life, including Tom, Belle, Old Buck and Robin - who was commonly nicknamed 'Old Bob'. When one of his ... More

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

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

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

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.

The loss the army and nation have sustained in our commander in chief ...

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

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 Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865

Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of the crowd lining Broadway in New York City for Lincoln's funeral procession; a few men in uniform stand in the street. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18... More

Vinnie Ream at work upon her Lincoln bust which rests upon the stand s...

Vinnie Ream, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, next to bust of Lincoln. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States /... More

President Lincoln's funeral--servic[es in t]he White House, April 19, ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 May 6, p. 280-281.

Reception of the remains of President Lincoln.

Surrounded by a black mourning border.

Death of President Lincoln. At Washington, D.C. April 15, 1865

Print shows President Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by members of his family, cabinet, and other government officials. Present are (from l. to r.) Mr. Chase CJ; Atty. General; Secy. McCulloch; Vice Prest. ... More

President Lincoln riding through Richmond, April 4, amid the enthusias...

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American Civil War from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents...

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

engraving from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the W...

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

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

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

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

President Lincoln and family circle. The friends of universal freedom ...

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Address of President Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. Read at...

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[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.

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)

Laura Keene (1826-1873), Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, 2013.

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

Soldiers' Home - Public domain dedication, Art Institute of Chicago

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Photograph of U.S.S. President Lincoln

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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.

President Lincoln at Fort Stevens

This illustration entitled, "President Lincoln at Fort Stevens", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on October 7, 1902, depicts camp life during the American Civil War. Here ... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated in a "Brady" ...

Photograph shows President Lincoln seated in a photographer's studio. "The elegant studio chair, called a "Brady chair," was discarded from the House of Representatives when it proved too narrow for the rotund ... More

YCC & President Lincoln - National Parks Gallery

YCC members visit Ford's Theatre NHS, part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, during an orientation to parks and parklands within Washington, DC and the surrounding community.

[President Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated facing right]

G57159 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a painting by Douglas Volk.

Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Museum (Ford's Theatre)

Old negative number: 1318-1. 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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Osborn Oldroyd (1842-1930), Lincoln Home National Historic Site, 2015.

Exact photo date unknown but was probably taken between 1888-1893. Pictured: Osborn Oldroyd, the Lincoln home's first official caretaker. In 1887, Robert Todd Lincoln heard that Oldroyd, who was renting the hom... More

The square at Gettysburg, Pa. Showing the "Wills House," arrow indicat...

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The square at Gettysburg, Pa., showing "Wills House". Arrow showing ro...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Pennsylvania postcard.

President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchas...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchas...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchas...

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President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchas...

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 from information provided by ... More

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

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

Exterior Views of Petersen House, Ford's Theater National Historic Sit...

Exterior views of Peterson House where President Lincoln died. Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed, just five days after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Booth escaped into the night as Abraha... 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

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 based on information provided... More

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

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 1980s. The display of Linco... More

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

Exterior Views of Petersen House, Ford's Theater National Historic Sit...

Exterior views of Peterson House where President Lincoln died. Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed, just five days after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Booth escaped into the night as Abraha... More

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

"Frederick Douglass appealing to President Lincoln and his cabinet to ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

[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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dried flowers from the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Artifact in the mus...

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

Detail of the coat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated ...

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

Interior of the box at Ford's Theatre where Abraham Lincoln was assass...

After Booth shot Lincoln he lept on the stage from Lincoln's box, breaking his leg. As he ran from the stage, some heard Booth shout "sic semper tyrannus," which is Latin for "thus always to tyrants." Title, da... More

Piece of curtain from the box Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when assa...

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

One of the blood stained pillows that held Abraham Lincoln's head the ...

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...

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

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

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

Compass used by John Wilkes Booth when he tried to escape Washington, ...

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

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