The “rubber box” or did Laura Keene indeed held Lincoln’s head?

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(09-14-2014 01:34 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 01:08 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  2. Whatever the distance or illumination was, I hardly can believe no one would have seen and mentioned a(n ikat) design of (bunches of) of roses (or did I overread this in a witness' statement?).

Eva, I found this:

"The Act III dress has never been located – only pieces, or fragments – some of which are in museums, and some of which are in private collections. The description of the supposed dress (Henneke, page 212) – “pale gray moire silk… bunches of roses… detachable cuffs” – is end-noted by Henneke as taken from a Baltimore Sun clipping of 18 August of an unspecified year from the Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library at the University of Texas. This is the only known description of the dress that has surfaced, but because the date of the clipping is unknown as well as the original source of the information, it is difficult to assess its validity."

http://civilwar.gratzpa.org/2012/02/the-...ura-keene/

That's interesting. Without a firm date given for the description, it's hard to say whether that description is of the same dress that was worn on the night of April 14. I would be curious to know how often the cast of a play changed what costume they used in a given scene from production to production, city to city, etc.