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