Photographs depict some of Booth's "girlfriends." The small size of the cartes de visites made them very portable and ideal for use as a kind of calling card. The women included Booth's fiancée, Lucy Hale, and four actress friends. Lucy Hale was the daughter of Senator John P. Hale, a well-known abolitionist.

Carte de visite photographs carried by Booth at the time of his capture. Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

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