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Laura Keene’s bloodstained sleeve cuff
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This sleeve cuff purportedly stained with Lincoln’s
blood was worn by actress Laura Keene, the star of the
Ford's Theater production of Our American Cousin.
According to legend, Keene rushed to Lincoln’s box
bearing a pitcher of water. As she cradled Lincoln’s
head, her cuff became stained with his blood. |
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Division of Social History, Political History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
Gift of Virginia Thomson
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