In 1991 wife and I spent 12 days in DC doing tourist stuff ( got a $25 a night fancy hotel room from the hotel company I worked at).
We visited Ford’s Theater. The “door” Boothe went through was supposedly the original. It was not. .
The “hole” Boothe shot him through was bored with a tool. It was perfectly round.
I commented to the guide, “man, Boothe was a good carver”.
She laughed. We all knew it was just a prop.
Just like the “bloody pillow” on his death bed.
It’s my understanding Ford’s Theater is basically a complete fabrication, it was basically gutted and recreated. It had been turned into a warehouse for a while.