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- Execution by Hanging of Four Lincoln Assassination Conspirators on July 7, 1865 - Before the existence of newspaper photos and television, prints and card photographs helped people to understand the tragic event of President Lincoln's death in April 1865. This photo shows the four convicted and executed Lincoln assassination conspirators hanging from gallows at the Washington Arsenal on July 7, 1865. It is a later print of Alexander Gardner's original photographic negative made at the scene.
- July 07, 1865
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Execution by Hanging of Four Lincoln Assassination Conspirators on July 7, 1865
Before the existence of newspaper photos and television, prints and card photographs helped people to understand the tragic event of President Lincoln's death in April 1865. This photo shows the four convicted and executed Lincoln assassination conspirators hanging from gallows at the Washington Arsenal on July 7, 1865. It is a later print of Alexander Gardner's original photographic negative made at the scene.
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Volume IX, December 17, 1859 -
- December 17, 1859
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Volume IX, December 17, 1859