President Box Ford\'s Theatre Lincoln Civil War SV Stereoview Stereocard 3D 02961
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President Box Ford\'s Theatre Lincoln Civil War SV Stereoview Stereocard 3D 02961:
$29.95
Image information:
President\'s Box, Ford\'s Theatre
Washington, District of Columbia
April 1865
Here, Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. In the Box, Lincoln & his wife Mary were seated on the right with Henry Rathbone & his fiancé Clara Harris seated on the left. Proprietor John Ford had a rocking chair, now referred to as the \"Lincoln Chair\", moved into the Box for Lincoln\'s comfort.
The Box was decorated with borrowed Flags in honor of Lincoln\'s twelfth visit. American Flags were reportedly in short supply in the capital, and it is well established that the theater borrowed Flags to decorate the Presidential box. The borrowed blue Treasury Guard regimental Flag was hung from a staff fixed to the pillar between the two boxes. It was this Flag that tripped John Wilkes Booth.
The regimental Flag has also been identified as \"being in the grasp of the President when he was shot.\" Eyewitness accounts from the theater corroborate this story, with several stating that the Flags obscured Lincoln\'s view, and one witness specifically testifying that he saw Lincoln holding the drapery out of his way just before the shooting.
A re-creation of the full decoration of the box was set up on April 17, 1865, and recorded in photographs taken by the firm of Mathew Brady.
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Stephen M. Cobaugh is a writer, director and documentary film producer. Currently he is working on the story of the Ninety Third Pennsylvania Regiment with his film: “Brothers Ever Shall We Be”
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Background of the collection:
Civil War In 3D images\' were obtained from the Library of Congress, National Archives and other quality sources. Each image has been carefully restored to remove 150 years of wear, scratches, cracks and imperfections. Then each image has spent numerous hours being hand colored to recreate, as close as possible, the original scene as it may have appeared on the day it was taken. Due to the quality of work and loving restoration that has been done, Civil War In 3D images have been accepted into the collections of photography and historical museums.
Hand coloring of images is a technique that dates to the very beginning of photography. There are many examples of period stereo view cards that were colored. With modern digital technology, the ability to color a photograph allows the image to move from a black and white photo with splashes of color, to photographs that duplicate as near as possible, life-like full color images.
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After printing, each image is professionally mounted onto standard \'Holmes\' size stereo card measuring 3 1/2\" x 7\". Each card uses a matte board to produce a durable card nearly identical to the original cards. Other reproduction cards are printed on a slightly heavy paper on a home printer and do not have the image quality of professional photo paper, or the \"feel\" of a commercially mounted card. A one inch stack of these other cards would hold 97 images, while ours, with our superior mount, would only hold 16! We pride ourselves in trying to recreate the original card with the best modern technology.
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President Box Ford\'s Theatre Lincoln Civil War SV Stereoview Stereocard 3D 02961:
$29.95