President Abraham Lincoln happened to be sitting in this rocking chair when he was mortally wounded at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Mathew B. Brady made the photograph for his Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

2015年1月7日 · Take a look at images from our wonderful, eclectic collection of President Abraham Lincoln-related photographs. These images span the years from Lincoln’s career as an Illinois legislator during the 1840s to his tragic death in 1865.

President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in this rocking chair during a production of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Henry Ford purchased the chair in 1929 for the Museum, where it remains one of the most revered objects associated with the "man who saved the Union."

Below are historical photographs depicting the assassination, the theater where it happened, and the aftermath including the Lincoln's funeral and the execution of the conspirators. John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot Lincoln. The drawing above is a lithograph of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

2020年9月11日 · The assassination of President Lincoln: at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. [Washington, D.C. Ford's Theater with guards posted at entrance and crepe draped from windows].

Browse 29 april 1865 booth assassinates abraham lincoln in fords theatre photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., April 14th 1865. Artist Currier and Ives.

Title: Theatre box where Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. Creator(s): Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer Date Created/Published: [between 1980 and 2006] Medium: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.

Photo, Print, Drawing Theatre box where Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

This lithograph records the shocking moment when Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. As a famous actor, Booth had free access to Ford’s Theatre and had gone there to collect his mail on April 14, when he learned of the president’s intention to attend a play that evening.

A pillow from Willie Clark’s bed at the Petersen House is now a priceless relic. On it, you can see the blood of President Abraham Lincoln.