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John Wilkes Booth's Switchblade Pocketknife
Ford's Theatre
Washington, D.C., United States
John Wilkes Booth's switchblade pocketknife used as evidence during the trial of his fellow Lincoln assassination conspirators. Union soldier Boston Corbett shot and fatally wounded Booth after the assassin refused to give himself up.
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- Title: John Wilkes Booth's Switchblade Pocketknife
- Location: Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
- Subject Keywords: Booth's Switchblade Pocketknife, Pocketknife, Switchblade Pocketknife, John Wilkes Booth Switchblade Pocketknife, Lincoln Conspirators, Conspirators, Lincoln Assassination Conspirators, Lincoln Assassination Trial, Lincoln Assassination, Lincoln's Assassination, President Lincoln, US President, Assassination, Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, 1865
- Type: Physical Object
- Original Source: Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, FOTH 3220
- Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith
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