Where'd that shutter come from?

[J. Beckert]

In speaking to Rick Smith today, we both recalled hearing Lincoln was carried from Ford's on a shutter. There aren't many references to this, but it's the only mention that makes sense. A board could have easily sufficed for a thin man like Lincoln, but the shutter is mentioned in at least one account. Where did it come from? Has anyone heard?

Brady's photos from April 1865 don't show any, but photos after the restoration show shutters on the lower boxes. Could the lower boxes have had a type of pocket or removable shutter? The outside of Ford's in Brady's 1865 photo don't appear to show any exterior shutters. See photos. This sounds like a job for Barry Cauchon...