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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 The Execution of Mrs. Surratt and the Lincoln assassination conspirators

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06341 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Hartford Conn. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy

Contemporary print of the famous Brady negative, showing the bodies hanging. Printed with red margin mounts by Taylor and Huntington. Brady photograph catalog list on back of the mount.

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