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FORD'S THEATRE, WASHINGTON, 14 APRIL 1865
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A PAIR OF USED DRESS CIRCLE TICKETS FOR THE NIGHT OF LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION
FORD'S THEATRE, WASHINGTON, 14 APRIL 1865
[LINCOLN, Abraham, ASSASSINATION]. FORD'S THEATRE. — FRIDAY — Dress Circle!.... Washington: Henry Polkinhorn?, 1865].
Printed tickets (44 x 107mm ea) with penciled seat assignments: "D41" and "D42". Each cleanly cut diagonally at top, with one (for "D41") bearing a second, but slight, diagonal cut along lower margin (some wear at edges, vertical folds weak). Each ticket stamped "FORD'S THEATRE - APR 14 1865 - This Night Only." Accompanied by an envelope formerly enclosing the aforementioned tickets, with inscription in an unidentified hand: "Front seats - Dress Circle Reserved Complimentary Fords Theatre April 14 - 1865 (Night of Assassination of President Lincoln.)." [Also With:] The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C. April 14th, 1865. New York: Currier & Ives, 1865. 238 x 321mm (sight), (creases, mild toning and dustsoiling). Framed.
FORD'S THEATRE, WASHINGTON, 14 APRIL 1865
[LINCOLN, Abraham, ASSASSINATION]. FORD'S THEATRE. — FRIDAY — Dress Circle!.... Washington: Henry Polkinhorn?, 1865].
Printed tickets (44 x 107mm ea) with penciled seat assignments: "D41" and "D42". Each cleanly cut diagonally at top, with one (for "D41") bearing a second, but slight, diagonal cut along lower margin (some wear at edges, vertical folds weak). Each ticket stamped "FORD'S THEATRE - APR 14 1865 - This Night Only." Accompanied by an envelope formerly enclosing the aforementioned tickets, with inscription in an unidentified hand: "Front seats - Dress Circle Reserved Complimentary Fords Theatre April 14 - 1865 (Night of Assassination of President Lincoln.)." [Also With:] The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C. April 14th, 1865. New York: Currier & Ives, 1865. 238 x 321mm (sight), (creases, mild toning and dustsoiling). Framed.
來源
Forbes Collection; sold Christie's New York, 9 October 2002, lot 126
RR Auction, Boston, 23 September 2023, lot 6018
RR Auction, Boston, 23 September 2023, lot 6018
榮譽呈獻
Peter Klarnet
Senior Specialist, Americana