Snapshots of the Past

Sepia portrait photograph of a mustached man in a dark coat – Historic Photo Reproduction

Sepia portrait photograph of a mustached man in a dark coat — historic photograph
Sepia portrait photograph of a mustached man in a dark coat. Historic photograph from the More National Park Sites collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Sepia portrait photograph of a mustached man in a dark coat comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Sepia portrait photograph of a mustached man in a dark coat

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Nothing in the record names the sitter of this sepia portrait of a mustached man in a dark coat, so its link to Ford's Theater rests mainly on where it is filed. That connection is worth weighing carefully. Ford's theater on Tenth Street in Washington, D.C., is best known as the site where John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, and the building is now preserved as part of the National Park System. Portraits in this warm brown tone were common keepsakes in the decades after the Civil War, so the picture is best read as a period sitting connected to the theater's story rather than a documented scene from it.

Original scan1,150 × 1,564 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceL-D-22

More from the More National Park Sites collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Sepia portrait of a bearded man in a coatSepia portrait of a bearded man in a coatSeated man in hat, 19th-century portrait photographSeated man in hat, 19th-century portrait photographSeated young man in sweater against dark backdrop, hands claspedSeated young man in sweater against dark backdrop, hands claspedSeated man with mustache in studio portrait, metal backdropSeated man with mustache in studio portrait, metal backdropSeated man in shackles, 19th-century glass-plate portraitSeated man in shackles, 19th-century glass-plate portraitGallows with four nooses in a walled yard, stereo photographGallows with four nooses in a walled yard, stereo photograph