Presidental Box Photographs

[Rsmyth]

I found some interesting reading over at Dave's Blog. He talks about some interesting items he viewed at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum which is attached to the Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee. Dave also posts a link to a 1904 catalogue of Lincoln relics in the collection of famed collector Al Emmett Fostell. While looking through it I came across item # 26 which states:
An original photograph, taken by Gardiner, the government photographer, several days after President Lincoln was assassinated, showing the interior of Ford’s Theatre and the way the stage was set, and the draped private box of Ford’s Theatre which was occupied by the Lincoln theatre party. A copy of this was used at the trial of the conspirators, presented to Mr. Fostell by Mr. Sessford the ticket seller of Ford’s Theatre.
Jim Garrett first mentioned this theory to me about a year ago because he could not find any attributes to Brady concerning the pictures and at the time Gardiner was the go-to-photographer for the government. Jim and I have searched for any evidence that either one took the pictures without success.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Thank you!