Presidental Box Photographs

[RobertLC]

I’ve always heard those photos attributed to Brady, but have looked through the book by Lossing and Brady and I find no mention of the Ford pictures. Now I could have missed it because I scanned through the book quickly, but nothing caught my eye.

However, Thomas Bogar, in his recent book, notes on page 146 that Monday afternoon about 3:00 “a peculiar assemblage of visitors” arrived at Ford’s. He lists those present and on page 147 he adds “Also present Monday afternoon was a photographer from Mathew Brady’s studio. Gifford was instructed to reset the scenery…so the photographer could record a series of exposures.” He does not specifically record a reference at this point.

Hopefully, Tom will catch this thread and add additional detail and insight. Maybe that could clarify the genesis for these pictures.

Robert