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AV83 Abraham Lincoln Presidental Collection
Description: Photograph of the Booth family plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. The obelisk pictured is in memorial to Junius Brutus Booth, Sr. His son, John Wilkes Booth, is buried in an unmarked grave behind the obelisk. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1865, before dying of a gun shot wound 12 days later. The photograph on a post card was taken by C.B. Galbreath of Baltimore, Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F01_007
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Baltimore (Maryland)