John Wilkes Booth: A Portrait

A photo of John Wilkes Booth, taken circa 1865 by Alexander Gardner. 1865 was the last year of Booth's life: he shot President Abraham Lincoln on April 14th, and died 12 days later when Union troops caught up with him in Virginia and shot him to death.

Image from the U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-19233)