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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Albumen of John Howard's livery & sale stables]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07736 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: April 14, 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen ; 26 x 30 cm. Order a Copy

Inscribed on verso: "the livery stable from which the horse was hired that Booth ran away after shooting President Lincoln April 14, 1865."
Also includes #7767 and a stamp for Kemp, Photographers, 137 S. Broad St., Trenton, N.J. The photograph is mounted on board.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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