Presidental Box Photographs

[Rsmyth]

I find this information very interesting as it may shine light on another flag!
Sessford describes “three-silk flags, apparently regimental flags.” Then says the photograph “was taken three to four days after the assassination, when none of the decorations, except the regimental flags, had been removed. “
The three Treasury Guard flags displayed at Ford’s Theatre that night were all silk. One was a regimental flag. The others were the national and presentation flags. Evidence shows that these three flags were returned to the Treasury Dept. on April 15th. Sessford’s recollection that the only items missing from the box 3 – 4 days after the assassination were the 3-silk regimental flags seems to indicate the Treasury Guard flags. That means the remaining two flags displayed on the box were still there 3 – 4 days after the assassination when the theater was in lock down mode. No one without authority could get in or out. Some actors and musicians had to write letters to the secretary of war asking permission to have their costumes and instruments returned.
If Sessford’s statement is true then The Lincoln Flag (a wool flag), if it was displayed on the box would still be there and could not have been removed by Thomas Gourlay. That lends credence to the theory that The Lincoln Flag, if the story is true, was an extra flag, possibly stored within the box.