Washington D.C. Execution of the conspirators: scaffold in use and crowd in the yar – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Washington D.C. Execution of the conspirators: scaffold in use and crowd in the yar. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Washington D.C. Execution of the conspirators: scaffold in use and crowd in the yar
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The scaffold stands in the yard of the Old Arsenal in Washington, with the four conspirators hanging from it while a crowd fills the enclosure around them. The executions on July 7, 1865, punished the men and woman convicted for their roles in the plot that killed President Abraham Lincoln, and the packed yard shows how much public attention the hangings drew. The photograph was made by David B. Woodbury, who worked with the wet collodion process, which required the glass negative to be coated, exposed, and developed before it dried.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photo shows the four conspirators hanging from the scaffold. Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0833 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865.--Assassination. Armories. Hangings.United States--District of Columbia--Washington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,714 × 1,358 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46115 |
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