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Film, Video The Most Wanted Man in America

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Title

  • The Most Wanted Man in America

Names

  • Evans, Clark (Curator)

Headings

  • -  Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
  • -  Wanted posters
  • -  Motion Pictures

Genre

  • Motion Pictures

Notes

  • -  The suspicion that John Wilkes Booth had acted as part of a conspiracy of Southern sympathizers in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln reignited Northern rancor and helped doom Lincoln's plans for a relatively generous peace. This was one of the earliest "Wanted" posters to bear a fugitive's photograph. Hastily assembled and issued during the few days that Booth was at large, this poster incorporated carte-de-visite photographs of the conspirators, including one of Booth that had been produced as a publicity shot for the actor.
  • -  Presented in Partnership with HISTORY

Repository

  • Rare Book And Special Collections Division

Online Format

  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Evans, Clark. The Most Wanted Man in America. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/myloc11/.

APA citation style:

Evans, C. The Most Wanted Man in America. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/myloc11/.

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Evans, Clark. The Most Wanted Man in America. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/myloc11/>.