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Ford's Theatre: 1860s
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 05/15/2007 - 1:44am.
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Old Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., where Abraham Lincoln was shot in 1865. View full size. Wet collodion glass plate. Photograph by Mathew Brady.
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Submitted by Craig Faichney on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 6:35am.
I'm amazed that there's no marquee. How did anyone know what was playing? Was the marquee an invention of the electric age?
How times have changed
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 09/21/2008 - 11:10am.
Amazing to see D.C. with dirt streets. Hard to imagine.
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