Crime and Punishment Gallery

Broadside issued by the War Department on 20 April 1865 offering rewards for the apprehension of John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

LINCOLN ASSASSINATION.
Broadside issued by the War Department on 20 April 1865 offering rewards for the apprehension of John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

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1865, Abraham, America, American, Assassin, Assassination, Booth, Conspiracy, Crime, Death, John, Lincoln, Middle, Poster, President, Republican Party, Reward, Text, Wanted, War Department, Wilkes

CHAIN GANG, 1910. A convict chain gang in a mobile prison wagon in North Carolina

CHAIN GANG, 1910.
A convict chain gang in a mobile prison wagon in North Carolina. The inmates live in the wagons and are moved to different places to work as needed. Photograph, 1910

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1910, African American, American, Black, Bloodhound, Chain Gang, Convict, Cook, Early, Guard, Guitar, Inmate, Laborer, Lease, Men, North Carolina, Photograph, Prison, Rifle, South, Superintendant, Turn Of The Century, Wagon, Worker

GLENDENNING TRIAL, 1874. The judicial committee of the Presbytery of Jersey City

GLENDENNING TRIAL, 1874.
The judicial committee of the Presbytery of Jersey City, New Jersey, at the Prospect Avenue Church, taking evidence in the case against Reverend John S. Glendenning, who was accused of immoral conduct. Engraving, American, 1874

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1874, American, Avenue, Church, Engraving, Glendenning, Interior, Jersey City, Late, New Jersey, North, Presbyterian, Presbytery, Prospect