Ford's Theater N&T

[mt155]

Not lined up exactly but not too bad.

 

[LoriAnn]

Well done!

 

[kholland]

Interesting! Here is a short video I took a few years ago of this working theater. I saw a play there some years back and could not help but glance now and then at the presidential box.

 

[James_tiberous]

Legs legs... On the front of the next building

 

[Bryan_C]

Ever seen this one?

 

[Bryan_C]

And here's another from a few years later.

 

[donna]

I really enjoy the now and then photos. This one is great.

 

[civilwarincolor]

Here is a Google Earth view from inside the President's box. There are other ones showing other parts of the Theatre, museum and the Petersen house across the street.

 

[HeydenfeldtChivs]

Not lined up exactly but not too bad.

As a Washingtonian, I like to walk visiting friends thru the little seen alley view (originally known as Baptist Alley) of the rear of Ford's Theater, to show them the horse-back escape route of John Wilkes Booth. The alley is freely assessable thru F street between 9th & 10th Streets NW. I suggest anyone visiting Washington, DC & Ford's Theater to do a little unguided urban exploring to complete the story of the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

 

[HeydenfeldtChivs]

And here's another from a few years later.

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Wow! So fascinating to hear your family history!

 

[kholland]

Ever seen this one?

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Had no idea there used to be a gas station there. Now instead of gas customers get rock´n roll and eats at the Hard Rock Cafe.

 

[civilken]

I did very much enjoy the pictures however I would think about removing the girl at the end.

 

[Seduzal]

Not lined up exactly but not too bad.


It's because the trees, the people, and the cars that though you off target.

 

[Yankeedave]

Legs legs... On the front of the next building

I saw that too. Wonder what its about.

 

[bankerpapaw]

I have been to Washington 5 times and have yet to set foot in Ford's Theater. Always closed for some reason or the other.

 

[Mr. King]

Legs legs... On the front of the next building

It's too bad Mrs. Lincoln didn't notice that. She was so insanely jealous, she would have turned the buggy around and headed home.

 

[kholland]

As a Washingtonian, I like to walk visiting friends thru the little seen alley view (originally known as Baptist Alley) of the rear of Ford's Theater, to show them the horse-back escape route of John Wilkes Booth. The alley is freely assessable thru F street between 9th & 10th Streets NW. I suggest anyone visiting Washington, DC & Ford's Theater to do a little unguided urban exploring to complete the story of the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Have parked near here many times and have wondered if any of the many tourists have any idea that Booth rode down this street on his way to the Navy Yard Bridge.

An ironic side note. In his book "Blood On the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" Edward Steers Jr. says that when Edwin Booth finally got the government to release his brother's body in 1869 he hired the DC undertaker firm Harvey and Marr to hold the body until it was transferred back to Baltimore.

Booth' s body was exhumed from Wharehouse No. 1 on the Washington Arsenal grounds and transported 20 blocks to a large shed in the rear of Harvey and Marr' s establishment. And this shed was located in Baptist Alley and had been a stable where Booth sometimes kept his horse. Rod Serling could not have come up with a better ending.