
About This Image
After he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln was taken across the street to the boarding house of William A. Peterson. Throughout the night, doctors tended to the President, but he was pronounced dead at 7:22 A.M. on April 15, 1865.
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-04832 |
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. |