John Wilkes Booth - Leaps from Stage
This image depicts the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, as he leaps from the State Box (where the Presidential party was watching "Our American Cousin") to the stage of Ford's Theater. Click on the image for a better view.
CreditsImage, from the Library of Congress - American Memory Collection.
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