Vintage Assassination Lincoln Ford Theatre and 50 similar items

This vintage postcard vividly depicts the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. The scene shows wax figures of President Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln seated in the presidential box draped with a historic American flag, with John Wilkes Booth aiming a pistol from the doorway behind them. The postcard captures a significant moment in American history, just days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Published by the Gettysburg Souvenir Center, Inc. of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, this lithographed card features color by Mike Roberts of Berkeley, California. It is an original printed chrome postcard measuring the standard 5.5 x 3.5 inches, and it comes unposted. The card promotes The National Civil War Wax Museum, located at Steinwehr Avenue Culp Street in Gettysburg, a renowned destination for Civil War enthusiasts and collectors. This collectible postcard offers both historical and educational appeal, ideal for collectors of American history, presidential memorabilia, or vintage postcards.