Heel Imprint in Stage Covering

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(02-18-2022 11:27 AM)J. Beckert Wrote:  

(02-16-2022 04:52 PM)Dennis Urban Wrote:  Since I resurrected this subject eight days ago, it seems all available information has been cited and rehashed. Therefore, I will summarize the findings and let the thread become Symposium history.

Dennis - Could you be confusung the spur indentation on the stage with the one left on the Washington engraving Booth kicked on his way over? It's clearly visible at 1:13 in this video.

It's actually visible from outside the door of the box.

https://youtu.be/Grx1ORG4Fl0

What always amazed me about the assasination. Booth, during his acting career, was an athletic performer. It was nothing for him to leap from the box and fall the 11 feet to the stage. I don't think he ever truly calculated what might happen if there was an attempt to stop him.