Britania's assassination, or -- the republican amusement
Print shows members of the new ministry, among them, Fox, Wilkes, Dunning, Richmond, Burke, and Keppel, dismantle a statue of Britannia; they are prevented from doing further damage by Thurow and Mansfield who ... more
Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden
British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta... more
Michel Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau, président a mortier au parlement d...
Print shows Michel Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in medallion above frieze depicting his assassination in a restaurant in the Palais Royal. Title from item. Printed be... more
The assassination of the Sage of Ashland
The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia. The convention's act was... more
Assassination of James King, of William, corner of Montgomery and Wash...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 19, p. 88.
[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... more
Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... more
Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... more
Coffin containing the remains of President Lincoln; Small doors leadin...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 502 (1865 May 13), p. 125.
Lincoln's funeral
Drawing shows Ford's Theatre, 10th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. decorated with funeral bunting for President Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Title inscribed below image. Formerly matted with Waud no. 572 (may be r... more
[Architectural details with notation: LINCOLN]
Four sketches of Washington buildings. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.149) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Ford's Theatre
Exterior view of Ford's Theatre, 511 10th Street, NW. Best known as the location of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the building was originally constructed as a place of worship. in 1859 the structur... more
The martyr of Liberty
Print shows actor John Wilkes Booth shooting President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. A quotation from Shakespeare's Macbeth appears below the title. This record contains unverified data... more
Booth and his associates
Montages shows portraits of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the assassination of Lincoln: George Azterodt, David Herold, Edmund Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, and Lewis Powell alias P... more
Washington, April 14th, 1865. [MacClure, MacDonald & MacGregor depicti...
Extracted from Transatlantic sketches; or, Sixty days in America. London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1865.
The assassination of Pres Lincoln 1865
Sketch of bookstore with bunting. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed right of image: Treason has done his worst / Ey [sic] high. Inscribed left of image: 332. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.152) ... more
Home of Mr. Petersen, opposite Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., where...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after Albert Berghaus. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 503 (1865 May 20), p. 132.
Meeting of condolence on the assassination of President Lincoln. Abrid...
Lincoln, Abraham,- Death. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 61.
[Washington, D.C., 1865 - Michael O'Laughlen, one of the Lincoln assas...
Michael O'Laughlen (also spelled O'Laughlin), half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, wearing hat, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative ... more
Assassination of President Lincoln - the murderer leaping upon the sta...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20 (1865 May 6), p. 98 (cover).
[Scenes from the assassination of President Lincoln]
Three separate sketches. Two are street scenes and one a map. Title devised. Inscribed on the map left of image: Short without mantle strapped in saddle black Horse Gray Horse black and tan[] 3 curries in shirt... more
[Washington, D.C., 1865 - David E. Herold, one of the Lincoln assassin...
David E. Herold, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, manacled. Reference copy available in the Civil War photograph soft print file. Original negative available for use: LC-B817-7786
Terry's panorama of the war! Assassination of Lincoln! and Secretary S...
0530M3.; S2 42.; Rec. R.B.; 9-28-42. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Port... more
Ford's Theatre, scene of the assassination
"765" below photo. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Title from item.
Telegram extra. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. J. Wilkie Booth the ...
Lincoln, Abraham- Assassination,. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 126, Folder 10.
Dashiell's western panarama [sic] and moving mirror of the assassinati...
In pencil: the Union Hell on Tuesday [sic] Eve July 31, 1866."
American Civil War from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents...
This image has been taken from scan 000401 from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, civil, military, naval and domestic; embracing the ... events of the great conflict in... more
engraving from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the W...
This image has been taken from scan 000576 from "The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, civil, military, naval and domestic; embracing the ... events of the great conflict in... more
[D.C. - Wash. - "Ford's Theatre as it was in 1865"]
Stereo by Bell & Bros. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Theaters.
Old Ford's Theatre, 10th St. N.W. Washington D.C. (where Lincoln was s...
Photo shows Ford's Theater and, to the right, the Central Free Dispensary, which opened in 1871. (Source: D. Tooley, 2007)
The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales.
Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... more
Where Justice will have to look for jurors who have not formed an opin...
Print shows Justice holding a large sword and carrying a lantern, with a cloth labeled "Justice" over her mouth, searching a cemetery, among tombstones labeled "Formed no opinion died 1660, Formed no opinion 16... more
The President recovering. Facts and incidents of the last week / from ...
Head-and-shoulders portraits of Mrs. Dr. Susan Edson, Dr. J.J. Woodward, and Dr. Robert Reyburn; woman handing guard bottle of patent medicine for the president; collection of quack medicines and apparatus; Jam... more
New Jersey--The removal of President Garfield, with his physicians and...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56-57.
New Jersey--President Garfield at Elberon--His first view of the ocean...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 63, 1881 Oct. 1, p. 65.
[Events related to the assassination of President Garfield]
Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.
The interior of the car, with the bed on which the President was carri...
Interior of a railroad car, President Garfield in bed being attended to by his wife and several doctors. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, pp. 56-57. Reference copy in PRES FILE.
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
Composite of 9 photoprints: portraits of Pres. Garfield, Dr. Bliss, Dr. Townshend and Guiteau the assassin; exterior of B.&P. Depot and room where he was shot; the coffin in State in U.S. Capitol; the gun used.... more
From the cradle to the grave, scenes and incidents in the life of Jame...
16919 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... more
Charles J. Guiteau
Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2174 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. On recto: "No. 7."
Charles J. Guiteau
Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2169 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. On recto: "No. 2."
The Killing of Pizarro / Paris.
Illus. in: The New world heroes of discovery and conquest / by D.M. Kelsey. Philadelphia, Pa. : National Publishing Company, c1891, p. 414. Reference copy in Biog. File - Pizarro, Francisco, 1470?-1541.
U.S. Reports: Home Benefit Association v. Sargent, 142 U.S. 691 (1892)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 142; October Term, 1891; Home Benefit Association v. Sargent
[Photograph of a painting of Ford's Theatre interior, showing where Pr...
Caption printed below the photo: "From original painting of the inside of the box at Ford's Theatre, in which the President, Abraham Lincoln, was shot, on the night of April 14, 1865. Numbered key identifies th... more
Aroused! / Dalrymple.
Print shows Marie-François-Sadi Carnot lying in state after being assassinated by an Italian anarchist; in the right foreground, a female figure holding a sword labeled "Law and Order" is stepping on a large sn... more
Fords opera house in which Abraham Lincoln was shot
Photograph showing horses and buggies in front of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. Title from item.
Railroad Station
The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station located at 6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW and has sometimes been refered to as the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Built in 1873 and was the site of President James A.... more
[Sisters in sorrow]
Britannia, a draped female figure, extends her hand to a mourning, female figure of Italia, kneeling beside a casket. Matted with offprint for published version. No copyright information found with item. Publis... more
The mob outside the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition /
"The camera was positioned at such a height behind a large group of people outside an exhibit building that mainly hats are visible"--Early motion pictures. On Friday, September 6th, 1901, we had our cameras in... more
The martyred presidents /
This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly afterwards, the face of Abraham Lincoln and then of two othe... more
Anxious crowds reading bullitens[sic] of McKinley's condition the nigh...
H9823 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.
A new uniform and new responsibilities / Dalrymple.
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt taking over the duties of president following the assassination of President McKinley. He is standing in an office, holding a paper labeled "Mckinley's Policy"; his rough r... more
Surratt House
The Surratt house at 604 H Street, NW, 1901. Mary Surratt ran this boarding house in 1865 where John Wilkes Booth was alleged to have met with co-conspirators to plan President Lincoln’s assassination. ..Mrs. S... more
The "reds" and the "yellows"
Illustration shows Puck pointing at two men and tugging at the robe of Justice who is raising the blindfold from over her eyes and giving a stern look at the men, one a ruffian holding a bomb and a red flag lab... more
Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin
Reproduction of first photograph of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, in jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's weekly, McKinley extra, 1901 Sept. 9, cover. Copyrighted by Judge Company, 1901.
Execution of Czolgosz, with panorama of Auburn Prison /
The film begins by showing railroad cars in the foreground with the overshadowing walls of a state prison in the background. The second camera position, from a higher elevation, pans slowly showing the yard int... more
William McKinley. Martyred president - illustrious citizen, soldier & ...
Print shows a statue of William McKinley, full-length, standing on a pedestal with an eagle at his feet, a stars and stripes shield on center of the pedestal, and at the base of the monument female figures of C... more
Assassination of President McKinley
Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a concealed revolver, at Pan-American Exposition reception, Sept. 6th, 1901. H65676 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of wash drawing by T. Dart Walker.
Milburn Residence (where President McKinley died), Buffalo, N.Y
"187 Clif." on negative and transparency. Corresponding glass transparency available on videodisc frame 1A- 30911. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070293. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Standrechtsbestimmungen - Kundmachung - Belgrad - Mehrsprachiges Plaka...
Alle von der k.u.k. Armee besetzten Gebiete sind der österreichisch-ungarischen Militärgerichtsbarkeit unterstellt - Standrecht bei folgenden Verbrechen: Unbefugter Werbung, Hilfeleistung von Ausreissern, Aussp... more
Mord an Franz Ferdinand - Kundmachung - Sarajevo - In serbischer Sprac...
Kundmachung an die Menschen in Bosnien und Herzegowina - Der Vorsitz des Landtages tritt mit der traurigsten Nachricht an die Nation - Unser Land ist heute in schwarz gehüllt - Von Agitatoren irregeführt wurde ... more
Zum Tod Erzherzog Franz Ferdinands! - Plakat - Sarajevo - In kroatisch...
Offizielle Stellungnahme zum Attentat auf Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand und dessen Gemahlin Sophie. - Verurteilung der Tat und Bekundung der Trauer und Solidarität. - Broj 17.807/1914 - Bürgermeister: Fehim ef. Čur... more
Mord an Franz Ferdinand - Kundmachung - Sarajevo - In kroatischer Spra...
Kundmachung an die Menschen in Bosnien und Herzegowina - Der Vorsitz des Landtages tritt mit der traurigsten Nachricht an die Nation - Unser Land ist heute in schwarz gehüllt - Von Agitatoren irregeführt wurde ... more
Aufstellung von Standgerichten - Kundmachung - Arad - In ungarischer S...
Verordnung des ungarischen königlichen Verteidigungsministers - Aufzählung der Vergehen, bei denen Soldaten bzw. Zivilisten im Bereich der Balkan-Streitkräfte vom Statarium zum Tode verurteilt werden - Arad, 23... more
Steckbrief - Kundmachung - Cetinje - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
Gesucht werden der ehemalige Kriegsminister Radomir Vešović, sowie Veliša, Pavić, Novica, Jagoš und Ljubomir Vešović, wegen Meuchelmord - Personenschreibung der Gesuchten - Cetinje, 17. Juni 1916 - der k.u.k. M... more
Vladislav Vešović vor den Scharfrichter - Kundmachung - Cetinje - Mehr...
Der ehemalige Kriegsminister Radomir Vešović hat sich nicht bei den Behörden gemeldet - Daher Vladislav Vešović vor den Scharfrichter - Der Vater von Radomir Vešović bleibt verschont - Cetinje, 27. Juni 1916 - ... more
Suche nach Radomir Vešović - Monenegriner - Cetinje - Mehrsprachiges P...
Kundmachung bezüglich des Verrats und des verübten Meuchelmordes von Radomir Vešović - Aufforderung, dass dieser sich binnen fünf Tagen zu stellen hat, ansonsten werden sein Vater und Bruder gehängt - Prämie fü... more
Mord - Haftbefehl - Belohnung - Bekanntmachung - München
"1000 Mark Belohnung! Haftbefehl. Mord." - Beschreibung des Verbrechens und der beteiligten Personen - Abbildung des Täters - Angaben zum und Beschreibung des Täters - Haftbefehl - AUslieferungsbestimmungen (A.... more
Standrechtsbestimmungen - Kundmachung - Belgrad - Mehrsprachiges Plaka...
Alle von der k.u.k. Armee besetzten Gebiete sind der österreichisch-ungarischen Militärgerichtsbarkeit unterstellt - Standrecht bei folgenden Verbrechen: Unbefugter Werbung, Hilfeleistung von Ausreissern, Aussp... more
Verbrechen - Kundmachung - Belgrad - Mehrsprachiges Plakat
Zahlreiche Morde und Raubmorde - Aufstellung einer Ortswache wenn keine Ortspolizei - Wachdienste vom Einbruch der Dunkelheit bis zum Morgengrauen - Bekanntgabe wenn Haus in dieser Zeit verlassen wird - Militär... more
Standrechtsbestimmungen - Kundmachung - Belgrad - Mehrsprachiges Plaka...
Alle von der k.u.k. Armee besetzten Gebiete sind der österreichisch-ungarischen Militärgerichtsbarkeit unterstellt - Standrecht bei folgenden Verbrechen: Unbefugter Werbung, Hilfeleistung von Ausreissern, Aussp... more
Last known home of Czar Nicholas /
Camera pans the home of a merchant named Ipatiev, where Nicholas II, last Russian emperor, and his royal family were executed in Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), July 1918. Second sequence is views of men, identified... more
Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Museum (Ford's Theatre)
Old negative number: 1318-1.
Buffalo, buffalo textual transcription
Textual song transcription. In English.
D/A Henry Wade (l) conducts press conf. in line-up room / New York Her...
Title from item. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[John F. Kennedy motorcade, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963]
Photograph shows a close-up view of President and Mrs. Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally and his wife. VAU 617-360 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff. Copyright by Victor Hugo King. Mr... more
This is where Malcolm X was standing when assassins struck--Note bulle...
Audubon ballroom where Malcolm X was slain. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Bullet holes in back of stage where Malcom X was shot / World Telegram...
NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Policeman maintains watch from roof of Unity funeral home where body o...
NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).