Awful Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin
Before the Banner headline front page news was a bit understated.
Image: New York Times front page from April 15, 1865. Via the NYT’s Facebook Timeline.
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“The act of a desperate rebel!”
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Presumably those nineteenth century folk were verrryyy careful readers.
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A piece of history
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Those heavy black, vertical lines are called journalistic mourning.
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