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John Wilkes Booth Being Shot CDV, 1865

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Created in 1865, this CDV depicts John Wilkes Booth being shot on April 26, 1865, and is published by Hacker, Rhode Island, 1865. The drawing shows David Herold being captured outside the barn. On the verso is advertising for "Bicknell's Syrup", a cholera remedy, which contains description of a "purely vegetable" remedy for cholera prepared by Edward Sutton, Providence, Rhode Island, Demas Barnes & Co., as well as a testimony from wholesale dealer Benjamin Hall. Booth (1838-1865) assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, towards the end of the American Civil War. At a barn in Virginia on April 26, Booth was killed and one of his conspirators, David Herold, was arrested. Herold was executed on July 7, 1865, alongside three other conspirators in the assassination plot.
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John Wilkes Booth Being Shot CDV, 1865 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Created in 1865, this CDV depicts John Wilkes Booth being shot on April 26, 1865, and is published by Hacker, Rhode Island, 1865. The drawing shows David Herold being captured outside the barn. On the verso is advertising for "Bicknell's Syrup", a cholera remedy, which contains description of a "purely vegetable" remedy for cholera prepared by Edward Sutton, Providence, Rhode Island, Demas Barnes & Co., as well as a testimony from wholesale dealer Benjamin Hall. Booth (1838-1865) assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, towards the end of the American Civil War. At a barn in Virginia on April 26, Booth was killed and one of his conspirators, David Herold, was arrested. Herold was executed on July 7, 1865, alongside three other conspirators in the assassination plot.

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