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- Print, Assassination of President LIncoln, 1865-1870 - Before the existence of newspaper photos and television, lithographs helped people to understand the tragic event of President Abraham Lincoln's death in April 1865. This shows the assassin escaping after shooting President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Printmakers produced various versions of this event, based on verbal reports.
- April 14, 1865
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Print, Assassination of President LIncoln, 1865-1870
Before the existence of newspaper photos and television, lithographs helped people to understand the tragic event of President Abraham Lincoln's death in April 1865. This shows the assassin escaping after shooting President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Printmakers produced various versions of this event, based on verbal reports.
- The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln was Shot, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958 -
- April 01, 1958
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The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln was Shot, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum Theater, April 1958
- "Ford Theatre--Lincoln Museum, Washington, D.C.," 1935 Postcard - Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre in April 1865. In the fall, the U.S. government leased--and later purchased--the building after an attempt to reopen the theater failed. Over the next sixty-five years the building housed offices and became a warehouse. In 1931, a museum displaying Lincoln memorabilia was created. The theatre returned to its 1865 appearance in the 1960s after Congress appropriated funds for the building's restoration.
- 1935
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"Ford Theatre--Lincoln Museum, Washington, D.C.," 1935 Postcard
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre in April 1865. In the fall, the U.S. government leased--and later purchased--the building after an attempt to reopen the theater failed. Over the next sixty-five years the building housed offices and became a warehouse. In 1931, a museum displaying Lincoln memorabilia was created. The theatre returned to its 1865 appearance in the 1960s after Congress appropriated funds for the building's restoration.
- Print, "The Assassination of President Lincoln," 1865 - New York print makers Currier and Ives were well known for producing inexpensive lithographic prints of landscapes, famous people and scenes of everyday life. This was an inexpensive way for the middle classes to decorate their homes. This shocking scene of the Lincoln assassination was unusual for the firm and served to visually dramatize the event for a grieving nation.
- April 14, 1865
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Print, "The Assassination of President Lincoln," 1865
New York print makers Currier and Ives were well known for producing inexpensive lithographic prints of landscapes, famous people and scenes of everyday life. This was an inexpensive way for the middle classes to decorate their homes. This shocking scene of the Lincoln assassination was unusual for the firm and served to visually dramatize the event for a grieving nation.
- "Lincoln Borne by Loving Hands--Lincoln Museum, Washington, D.C.," 1935 Postcard -
- 1935
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"Lincoln Borne by Loving Hands--Lincoln Museum, Washington, D.C.," 1935 Postcard
- The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln was Shot, Photographed in 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln happened to be sitting in this rocking chair when he was mortally wounded at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Mathew B. Brady made the photograph for his Brady's National Portrait Gallery. At a time before television and internet news, this carte-de-visite helped people visualize events surrounding President Lincoln's death.
- 1865
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The Chair in Which Abraham Lincoln was Shot, Photographed in 1865
President Abraham Lincoln happened to be sitting in this rocking chair when he was mortally wounded at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Mathew B. Brady made the photograph for his Brady's National Portrait Gallery. At a time before television and internet news, this carte-de-visite helped people visualize events surrounding President Lincoln's death.
- Rocking Chair Used by Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater the Night of His Assassination, April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in this rocking chair during a production of <em>Our American Cousin</em> at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Henry Ford purchased the chair in 1929 for the Museum, where it remains one of the most revered objects associated with the "man who saved the Union."
- April 14, 1865
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Rocking Chair Used by Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater the Night of His Assassination, April 14, 1865
President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in this rocking chair during a production of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Henry Ford purchased the chair in 1929 for the Museum, where it remains one of the most revered objects associated with the "man who saved the Union."
- Ford's Theatre Playbill for the April 14, 1865 Performance of "Our American Cousin" - This playbill announces the April 14, 1865, performance of Laura Keene in <em>Our American Cousin</em>. The play premiered in New York seven years earlier, and it remained popular throughout the Civil War. On this night, President Abraham Lincoln attended the production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. While enjoying the play, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
- April 14, 1865
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Ford's Theatre Playbill for the April 14, 1865 Performance of "Our American Cousin"
This playbill announces the April 14, 1865, performance of Laura Keene in Our American Cousin. The play premiered in New York seven years earlier, and it remained popular throughout the Civil War. On this night, President Abraham Lincoln attended the production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. While enjoying the play, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
- Ford's Theatre Presidential Box the Morning after Lincoln was Shot, April 15, 1865 -
- April 15, 1865
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Ford's Theatre Presidential Box the Morning after Lincoln was Shot, April 15, 1865
- Alley behind Ford's Theatre Where John Wilkes Booth Escaped, 1865-1909 -
- March 01, 1965
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Alley behind Ford's Theatre Where John Wilkes Booth Escaped, 1865-1909