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Ford’s Theatre, Washington

Postcard showing the front of a three-story building with multiple windows, formerly Ford’s Theatre in Washington D. C.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Just off of F St. on 10th St. is the old Ford Theater Bldg., the building in which occurred the assination [sic] of Abraham Lincoln, April 14th 1865. This building is now used for government offices.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

The assassination and death of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

Charles A. Leale, who was the first physician on the scene when President Abraham Lincoln was shot and stayed with him until he died, recounts in clinical detail the events of that night. He outlines how he and others treated Lincoln both at Ford’s Theatre, and after he was moved to home of William Petersen.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1865