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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
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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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