Extra Credit Questions

[JMadonna]

That's what I thought but I googled 'postcard Fords theater' and found that at some point the arches were the same color as the brick. I guess the cards were touched up because the same picture shows the building in a yellow-brown brick and a red brick.

Got to assume that your picture with the black bunting was taken during the mourning period for Lincoln. Guess that resolves it.