Edman Spangler, A "Conspirator," In Hat And Manacled, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Alexander Gardner, photographer – Antique Photo Print
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Edman Spangler, A "Conspirator," In Hat And Manacled, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Alexander Gardner, photographer comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Edman Spangler, A "Conspirator," In Hat And Manacled, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Alexander Gardner, photographer
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Edman Spangler, a stagehand at Ford's theater, is the man shown here, photographed in April 1865 in manacles and a hat while held as one of the men accused of conspiring in Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The image was made by Alexander Gardner, whose studio documented the prisoners and the trial that followed. The dark metal background suggests the photograph was taken aboard one of the monitors, the U.S.S. Montauk or Saugus, where several of the accused were held for a time before the military commission. Spangler was ultimately convicted and sentenced to six years of imprisonment, though his role was far smaller than those of the men sentenced to death.
| Created / published | April, 1865 |
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| Medium | negative, glass, wet collodion |
| Notes | SUMMARY: This photograph has background of dark metal, and was presumably taken on the monitors, U.S.S. Montauk and Saugus, where the conspirators were for a time confined |
| Original scan | 3,641 × 4,488 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | L-D-18 |
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