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A
lithograph
print of the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
, which took place on April 14, 1865, when the
U.S. President
was shot while attending a play at
Ford's Theatre
in
Washington, D.C.
From left to right: Major
Henry Rathbone
, Rathbone's fiancée
Clara Harris
,
First Lady
Mary Todd Lincoln
,
Abraham Lincoln
, and the assassin
John Wilkes Booth
.
Image credit:
Currier and Ives
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