Ancient Matters | “Dapper Dan” Mug Shots of Real Cads

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“The ‘Turn of the Century’ called… and it wants its waistcoat, specs, and mustache back.  Between gin-fizz-slinging barmen in suspenders and Brooklyn dudes in bowler hats, you couldn’t swing a walking stick in ’09 without hitting a Teddy Roosevelt look-alike.”

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–GQ

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April 1865, Washington DC — Lewis Powell, aka Lewis Payne, was a member of the conspiracy led by John Wilkes Booth to assassinate senior members of the American government. Powell was charged with the assassination of Secretary of State William Seward, but failed. Here he is held at the Washington Navy Yard, prior to his execution.  This picture was taken by Alexander Gardner. — Image by © Library of Congress – digital ve/Science Faction/Corbis

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April 1865, Washington DC — Michael O’Laughlin was a member of John Wilkes Booth’s first conspiracy against President Lincoln, a plot to kidnap him and ransom him for Confederate prisoners. O’Laughlin dropped out after prisoner exchanges began, and did not take part in Booth’s assassination plan; he was arrested after the assassination (here being held on the USS Saugus at the Washington Navy Yard), and after conviction died in prison. This picture was taken by Alexander Gardner. — Image by © Library of Congress – digital ve/Science Faction/Corbis

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April 1865, Washington DC — Lewis Powell, aka Lewis Payne, was a member of the conspiracy led by John Wilkes Booth to assassinate senior members of the American government. Powell was charged with the assassination of Secretary of State William Seward, but failed. Here he is held aboard the USS Saugus at the Washington Navy Yard, prior to his execution.  This picture was taken by Alexander Gardner. — Image by © Library of Congress – digital ve/Science Faction/Corbis

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April 1865, Washington DC — Edmun Spengler, a stagehand at Ford’s Theatre, was arrested and imprisoned for six years after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 solely because John Wilkes Booth handed him his horse the night he assassinated the President. He was pardoned by President Johnson in 1869. This picture was taken by Alexander Gardner, aboard the USS Saugus, where he was held in the Washington Navy Yard. — Image by © Library of Congress – digital ve/Science Faction/Corbis

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April 1865, Washington DC — Hartman Richter was the cousin of George Atzerodt.  Atzerodt was part of the Booth conspiracy to assassination the top members of the US Executive branch, including Abraham Lincoln. Atzerodt, would-be assassin of Vice-President Andrew Johnson, lost his nerve and never attempted the plot; he was arrested and hung anyway, and his cousin was also arrested, and held on the USS Saugus, but later cleared and released. This picture was taken by Alexander Gardner. — Image by © Library of Congress – digital ve/Science Faction/Corbis

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April 1865, Washington DC — David E. Herold was a member of the conspiracy led by John Wilkes Booth to assassinate senior members of the American government. Herold guided Lewis Powell, aka Lewis Payne to Secretary of State William Seward’s house, but Powell failed to kill him. Here Herold is held aboard the USS Montauk, at the Washington Navy Yard, prior to his execution.  This picture was taken by Alexander Gardner. — Image by © Library of Congress – digital ve/Science Faction/Corbis

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April 1865, Washington DC — George Atzerodt was a member of the conspiracy led by John Wilkes Booth to assassinate senior members of the American government. Atzerodt was charged with the assassination of Vice President Andrew Johnson,  but lost his nerve, got drunk, and didn’t attempt it. Here he is held aboard the USS Saugus at the Washington Navy Yard, prior to his execution.  This picture was taken by Alexander Gardner. — Image by © Library of Congress – digital ve/Science Faction/Corbis

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