Mr. Lincoln's Photographer

[Christopher Handy]

(11-14-2018 08:00 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Thanks, Christopher. I must admit that this is very different from the books I have. They say that Ford's doorkeeper was John E. Buckingham, and no one named Edward H. Handy was first to reach the stricken President Lincoln.

It's my understanding that Edward Handy was the manager (or one of the managers) and not the doorkeeper; he was in Washington for some time working at Ford's Theatre, and returned to Baltimore sometime after 1865. He was certainly employed there, but it's also possible that he or his family members inflated his role somewhat.