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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.02.0115 |
| From Archive Folder | Cartes de visites |
| Title | The Assassin's Vision |
| Date | ca. 1865 |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | 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 surrounding Lincoln's ghost are peppered with tiny ghostly Lincoln heads. A sign posted on a tree on the right of the photograph points to St. Marys, MD. Pasted on the verso is an advertisement for a cholera remedy. Graphite inscription on verso "80318 B.F. Dec. 31, 1928." |
| Subjects | President Death Assassination Lincoln Assassination Photography Health and Medical Cholera Art, Music, Theater, and Film Criminals and Outlaws |
| People | Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Theme | The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |