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Side-by-side sketches of the real Boston Corbett and the imposter. Thomas P. "Boston" Corbett, who was the Union Army soldier who killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The imposter shown in this photograph could be John Corbit. See Kansas Memory unit 307443 for documents relating to his impersonation of Boston Corbett.
Creator: Snyder, C. J.
Date: 1900-1905
Item Number: 308239
Call Number: B Corbett, Boston *5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 308239
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Drawing
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Corbett, Boston, b. 1832
Type of Material - Illustrations
Type of Material - Photographs
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