Why was Booth admitted into the presidential box?

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Find A Grave contributor Mark Samuels placed this photo of John Frederick Parker on Parker’s memorial page. I always thought that there were no photo’s of Parker existing. Wonder if this is the right John Frederick Parker. Wrote Mark Samuels an email asking to reveal his source.

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Account of Dr. George B. Todd: "About 10:25 pm, a man came in and walked slowly along the side on which the 'Pres' box was and I heard a man say, 'There's Booth' and I turned my head to look at him. He was still walking very slow and was near the box door when he stopped, took a card from his pocket, wrote something on it, and gave it to the usher who took it to the box. In a minute the door was opened and he walked in"

This question is for Tom Bogar: Did they have ushers at Ford's Theatre?

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Find A Grave contributor Mark Samuels placed this photo of John Frederick Parker on Parker’s memorial page. I always thought that there were no photo’s of Parker existing. Wonder if this is the right John Frederick Parker. Wrote Mark Samuels an email asking to reveal his source.

This page has that photo. Many years ago I read (I believe in the Surratt Courier) that there are Parker descendants living in the Washington area today, but they do not have the Parker name and have no pictures or family records of John F. Parker. IMO there are no known photos of John F. Parker.

Agreed! I feel very secure in saying that, if James O. Hall, John C. Brennan, Michael Kauffman, and Richard Smyth have not found a photo of Mr. Parker, one likely does not exist. I remember that Mr. Hall interviewed a descendant.