Gautier's Restaurant

[rmvanhorn1]

Laurie,

That was my initial thought too when I first saw the photograph. The way the story had always been relayed to me concerning the table, I envisioned a much larger dining table. Interestingly, I happened to see a clip from DW Griffith’s 1930 “Abraham Lincoln” not long ago that portrayed Booth meeting at a very similar table. I’m not suggesting we should get our history from Hollywood or a director such as Griffith, but it did strike me as oddly coincidental. I’m not sure of the historical record, but I believe there were more present than the film depicts and that the table would seem to accommodate.