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The capture and shooting of Booth in the barn of Garath's farm – Vintage Wall Art

The capture and shooting of Booth in the barn of Garath's farm, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
The capture and shooting of Booth in the barn of Garath's farm, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Barns & Farms collection.

(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 print of The capture and shooting of Booth in the barn of Garath's farm. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The capture and shooting of Booth in the barn of Garath's farm

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Few pictures on this board capture a single manhunt as directly as this one, which depicts the barn on Garrett's farm near Port Royal, Virginia, where John Wilkes Booth was cornered in late April 1865. Booth had shot President Lincoln at Ford's theater on April 14, and he hid in the tobacco barn with David Herold while Union cavalry surrounded the property. The soldiers set the barn afire, and Sergeant Boston Corbett shot Booth before he died on the farm's porch. The record gives no artist or date, so the print is best read as a later rendering of an event that drew intense public attention at the time.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kimmel & Forster.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,097 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110317

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