Media Contributed by Rick
Emancipation Proclamation The five page original document, held in the National Archives Building.
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln Shown from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war (seated); Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury (standing); Abraham Lincoln; Gideon Welles, secretary of the navy (seated); Caleb Blood Smith, secretary of the interior (standing); William H. Seward, secretary of state (seated); Montgomery Blair, postmaster general (standing); Edward Bates, attorney general (seated). Also shown are: Andrew Jackson, former president (painting centre); Simon Cameron, former secretary of war (painting left).
Lincoln Assasination Shown in the presidential booth of Ford's Theatre, from left to right, are assassin John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone
Sinking Spring The spring that Sinking Spring Farm is named after.
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Created: 8 November 1863
US Presidential Seal Display of any likeness of the US Presidential Seal is restricted by US Federal law under 18 USC 713; however, use in encyclopedias "incident to a description or history of seals, coats of arms, heraldry, or the Presidency or Vice Presidency" is allowed under Executive Order 11649.
Rasputin Murderplace Basement of the Yusupov Palace on the Moika in St Petersburg, where Rasputin was murdered
The Galois Memorial In the cemetery of Bourg-la-Reine. Évariste Galois was buried in a common grave and the exact location is still unknown
Brutus Marble, Roman artwork, 30–15 BC. From the Tiber, Rome
Captain James Cook's Voyages The first voyage is shown in red, second voyage in green, and third voyage in blue. The route of Cook's crew following his death is shown as a dashed blue line.
