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The Assassination of President Lincoln / At Ford's Theatre, Washington, on the night of Friday, April 14, 1865

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Title: The Assassination of President Lincoln / At Ford's Theatre, Washington, on the night of Friday, April 14, 1865
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Lithograph. Assassination is depicted with creative license: no flag butting in which Booth caught his spur and Lincoln reportedly slumped forward and did not stand after being shot.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 print ; 25 x 34 cm (9 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Identifier: Pr. Box 675/37
397679
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/5020
Language: English
Subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Source: United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library

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