Courtroom in old penitentiary

Drawing of the military trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators in the court room of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary in Washington, D.C. Based on a drawing that appeared in the June 3, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly.

Publication date: 1937-05-02

Size: 11.3 x 20.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Washington (D.C.)

Temporal: 1865-06-03

Subject(s):

• Courtrooms--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870
• Courts martial & courts of inquiry--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Washington (D.C.)
• Old Arsenal Penitentiary (Washington, D.C.)--1860-1870
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Genre(s):

• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 2, 1937), p. 11

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Harper's weekly