Execution of the Lincoln Conspiracy Plotters, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865, hooded bodies hanging, further detail

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Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 14, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
[Washington, D.C. Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crowd departing]
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Cropped from the fuller image, also available here. 

Execution of the Lincoln Conspiracy Plotters, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865, hooded bodies hanging, detail

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 14, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
[Washington, D.C. Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crowd departing]
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Cropped from the fuller image, also available here. 

Execution of the Lincoln Conspiracy Plotters, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865, bodies hanging, zoomable image, detail

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 14, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
[Washington, D.C. Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crowd departing]
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Cropped from the fuller image, also available here. 

Execution of the Lincoln Conspiracy Plotters, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865, bodies hanging, zoomable image

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 14, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
[Washington, D.C. Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crowd departing]
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

Execution of the Lincoln Conspiracy Plotters, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865 , adjusting the nooses, zoomable image, more detail

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 14, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Cropped from the fuller image, also available here. 

Execution of the Lincoln Conspiracy Plotters, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865 , adjusting the nooses, zoomable image, detail

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 14, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Cropped from the fuller image, also available here. 

Execution of the Lincoln Conspiracy Plotters, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865 , adjusting the nooses, zoomable image

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 14, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Washington, D.C. Adjusting the ropes for hanging the conspirators
Source citation
Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

Four condemned Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are executed in Washington, D.C.

At ten past one in the afternoon, in the courtyard of the the Old Penitentiary in Washington, D.C., the four convicted and condemned members of the Lincoln Conspiracy were taken to the scaffold for their execution. Mary Surratt, George Atzerod, David Herrold, and  Lewis Powell were hanged at twenty-six minutes past the hour, and left for twenty minutes before being taken down, examined, and buried. (By John Osborne)), 100-102.
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Ruins of the Methodist Church, Viroqua, Wisconsin, following the destructive tornado of June 28, 1865, artist's impression

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 12, 2015.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Great Tornado in Wisconsin, June 28 - The almost entire destruction of the village of Viroqua - The total destruction of the Methodist Church, Viroqua.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 29, 1865, 301.

Ruins of the local newspaper office, Viroqua, Wisconsin, following the destructive tornado of June 28, 1865, artist's impression

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 12, 2015.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Great Tornado in Wisconsin, June 28 - The almost entire destruction of the village of Viroqua - Ruins of the North-Western Times Printing Office, and residence of J.A. Somberby, Esq..
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 29, 1865, 301.
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