Rare photo of Booth taken by Charles Forbes

[RJNorton]

(09-29-2013 08:05 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Thanks God Forbes had his smartphone camera at the ready...

Indeed Forbes was an unusual person. Later in life he signed an affidavit in which he said, "I accompanied [Lincoln] in the carriage, was with him from the carriage to the box in the theatre, and was in the box when the assassin fired his fatal shot."