Broadside for the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, John Surratt, and David Herold, Alexander Gardner, April 20, 1865

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Broadside for the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, John Surratt, and David Herold, April 20, 1865, Ink on paper with three albumen silver prints from glass negatives, Sheet: x cm (23 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.), Collages, Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, ), On the night of April 14, 1865, just five days after Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox, John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln at the Ford Theatre in Washington, Within twenty-four hours, Secret Service director Colonel Lafayette Baker had already acquired photographs of Booth and two of his accomplices

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Size: 3338px × 6222px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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