The execution of Mrs. Surratt and the Lincoln assassination conspirators, (adjusting the noose)

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 · July 7, 1865

From "War Memories" catalog: This view shows the scene on the scaffold while the officers are adjusting the nooses around the necks of the condemned. These three views, Nos. 7796, 7797, and 7798 comprise a scene of much historic interest. They were made by having three separate cameras set to photograph the scaffold. When the warrant was being read one camera was used and that view was taken; while the rope was being placed around his neck another camera was used and that scene was taken; then when the drop was sprung the third camera was used, and so the entire scene of such tragic interest was photographed clear and distinct.