About This Image
This is the coat that President Lincoln was wearing at Ford’s Theater the night he was shot by John Wilkes Booth. The inscription reads, “One country, one destiny.”
Source and Copyright
| Creator | Carol M. Highsmith |
| Medium | Color Photograph |
| Source | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |
| Collection | Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive |
| Number | LC-DIG-highsm-04365 |
| Copyright | Public Domain |
| Disclaimer | Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. There is no known restriction on the publication of this image. |
| Image Manipulation | Copied from source. |
