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John Wilkes Booth seated view with left hand on hip

Graphite inscription on verso "Booth, John Wilkes." Photographers imprint on verso: "Black, 163 Washington St., Boston."

GLC05111.02.0120

John Wilkes Booth seated view holding riding crop between his legs

Graphite inscription on recto "Booth." Imprint on recto "[Ca]se & Getchell Bost[on]." Graphite inscription on verso "J. Wilkes Booth 1860" "From L.F. Deyo, Peoria, Ill. Dec. 20, 1920" "2 col whole fig." Photographers imprint on verso: "Cartes de...

GLC05111.02.0122

John Wilkes Booth vignette, seated view holding riding crop

Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.H. Bufford & Sons, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Buffords Publishing House....313 Washington St., Boston, Mass."...

GLC05111.02.0126

The Assassin's Vision

The images shows John Wilkes Booth riding on a black horse through a group of trees with the capitol building visible in the background. A ghostly image of Abraham Lincoln appears between two trees on the left side of the photograph. The trees...

GLC05111.02.0115

Tintype bust view of John Wilkes Booth

Tintype image surrounded by embossed frame-like design.

GLC05111.02.0116