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Lot 170
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,000 -
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$3,300
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[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A photographic study of John Wilkes Booth in 16 CDVs.
16 CDVs of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The group is comprised of portraits of Booth taken during various sittings. Photographers/publishers include Alexander Gardner, Washington, DC (1), C.D. Fredricks & Co., New York (4), T.R. Burnham, Boston, MA (2), E.H. McKenney, Biddeford, ME (1), J. Carbutt, Chicago, IL (1), Groom's Photograph Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (1). The rest are uncredited.
Some cartes include period notations on recto or verso, the most detailed written on the reverse side of an image of Booth standing in a studio setting, his arm resting on a pedestal. The inscription reads, in part, "John Wilkes Booth, Captured on Garritt [sic] Farm at Port Royal, VA, Apr. 25, 1865, for the assniation [sic] of President Lincoln..."
Together, 16 CDVs of John Wilkes Booth.
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
This lot is located in Cincinnati.