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Dave Taylor
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Historian studying Abraham Lincoln's assassination, John Wilkes Booth, and the Booth family. My website: LincolnConspirators.com
Also a Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and classic cartoon fan. Husband to @dicejailjen.bsky.social
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Ford’s Theatre playbills are tricky things. Even the original printer later made duplicate copies to sell to a public clamoring for a keepsake. One of the Ford brothers swore an affidavit attesting to a playbill being genuine but it was actually a reprint.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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That’s a neat piece but, sadly, not an original playbill. After the assassination, there were printers who made and sold fraudulent playbills. This is an example of one made by L. Brown. Compare the details to a real playbill printed by H. Polkinhorn (the printer used by Ford’s Theatre).
A forged Lincoln assassination playbill by printer L Brown. A genuine Ford’s Theatre playbill (first issue) from the night Lincoln was assassinated.
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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images from a folder labeled "comics" gathered 1999-2025
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A Silver Age gag cover for SUPERMAN: Page 56 (as numbered) or 66 (according to the file name) from DC's Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (thanks Kurt!) with art by Ty (the guy) Templeton and word concepts from Mark (parenthetical) Waid. The premise is in the image as well as the text, which is "What If Abraham Lincoln was Brainiac and Superman with a Robot Body had to be John Wilkes Booth to Stop Him?" The extra joke is that the assassination gun (not a derringer) is on an extendo-hand coming from the chest of Robot-Wilkes-El as his other arms pull back his coat and shirt. Beardy Green Brainiac is suitably alarmed in his seat at the theater. Is that Lois Lane as Mary Todd Lincoln? The world may never know. Superman Sez: SURPRISE, PRESIDENT LINCOLN! I'M STILL ALIVE!! EVEN THOUGH I NOW HAVE A MECHANICAL BODY... Superman Continuez: ...AND ONE SHOT FROM THIS DERRINGER WILL RIP APART YOUR SO-CALLED "PERFECT UNION"!! Text Box Sez: IN AN IRONIC TWIST OF FATE, THE ORPHAN FROM KRYPTON, HIS ROCKETSHIP FLUNG THROUGH TIME, AS WELL AS SPACE, IS ADOPTED BY THE BOOTH FAMILY!! WITNESS FOR YOURSELF THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES IN... "PRESIDENT ABRAHAM (BRAINIAC) LINCOLN VERSUS CLARK KENT, METALLO!"
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Case in point, Happy National Cat Day:

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In 1901, writer & Lincoln collector Osborn Oldroyd walked the escape route of John Wilkes Booth. During his visit behind Ford’s Theatre, he was greeted by some alley cats. Don’t wear down your paws like Oldroyd did. Consider taking a guided Lincoln Assassination Tour by bus instead. #NationalCatDay
An image of two book pages with digital alterations. On the left is a photograph of man wearing a hat, satchel, and carrying an umbrella. Under the man is the caption, “O.H. Oldroyd on a tramping your over the eighty miles of Booth’s flight.” Next to Oldroyd is a videogame sprite of an alley cat. The other page shows a block of text under the chapter title “Narrative of a walk…” The relevant line about cats being present in Baptist Alley behind Ford’s Theatre has been underlined in red.
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Not to worry. Before too long, you’ll be able to connect any other historical event back to the assassination. Then you’ll see how even more insufferable you can be to “normal” people who apparently don’t play six degrees of assassination in their mind all the time.
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM