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E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) "Private Box at Ford's Theatre, the place where President Lincoln was assassinated"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.36 Author/Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1815-1860 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 9.5 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Yellow mount with printed inscription "Photographic History, The War for the Union." Anthony's War Views, #3403.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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