Antebellum Period Photo: Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Antebellum Period Photo: Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Actor Edwin Booth (brother of John Wilkes Booth), as Hamlet. Photo by J. Gurney & Son, circa 1870. Public domain.

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Edwin Booth as Hamlet