This is the last known high-quality photograph of Lincoln.

 


President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes
Booth. He was carried across the street to a small room in a boarding house
where he never regained consciousness. Lincoln died early the next morning.

The Presidential Box at Ford’s Theatre

The Philadelphia Derringer pistol Booth used to shoot  Lincoln is on display
at the museum in Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D.C.

 
John Wilkes Booth