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title: John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, & Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
author: Unknown Photographer
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21205/john-wilkes-booth-edwin-booth--junius-brutus-booth/
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updated: 2025-10-27
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# John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, & Junius Brutus Booth Jr.

_Authored by Unknown Photographer_

## Image File

[![John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, & Junius Brutus Booth Jr.](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21205.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21205.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Booth brothers, Winter Garden Theater, 25 November 1864.

[John Wilkes Booth](https://www.worldhistory.org/John_Wilkes_Booth/), Edwin Booth, and Junius Brutus Booth Jr. pose during a production of Shakespeare's *[Julius Caesar](https://www.worldhistory.org/Julius_Caesar/)*. John Wilkes Booth (left) would assassinate US President [Abraham](https://www.worldhistory.org/Abraham,_the_Patriarch/) Lincoln less than a year later.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Photographer, U. (2025, October 27). John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, & Junius Brutus Booth Jr.. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21205/john-wilkes-booth-edwin-booth--junius-brutus-booth/>
### Chicago
Photographer, Unknown. "John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, & Junius Brutus Booth Jr.." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 27, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21205/john-wilkes-booth-edwin-booth--junius-brutus-booth/>.
### MLA
Photographer, Unknown. "John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, & Junius Brutus Booth Jr.." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Oct 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21205/john-wilkes-booth-edwin-booth--junius-brutus-booth/>.

## License & Copyright

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