John Wilkes Booth, 1838-1865 – Antique Print
(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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John Wilkes Booth, 1838-1865 comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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John Wilkes Booth, 1838-1865
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Shown here as a 1940 halftone, this portrait of John Wilkes Booth was printed opposite page 16 of George S. Bryan's book *The Great American Myth*. It reproduces an earlier photoprint from a New York studio, and the catalog notes that its caption information is old and unverified. Booth, a stage actor from a Maryland family of performers, shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's theater in April 1865 and was killed in Virginia about twelve days later. Bryan's book is one of several works that disputed the official account of Booth's death, so the picture is often viewed alongside that long debate.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Notes | Halftone repro. of photoprint by Fredericks, New York. Illus. in: George. S. Bryan, The Great American Myth, 1940, oppos. p. 16. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,027 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108655 |
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