Title from caption on object: "Did First Bullet Hit Both?"

May 24, 1964

American 20th Century

Associated Names
This is a photograph of the back seat of a convertible car. The image shows the back interior of a classic convertible car with an upholstered seat. The car's body is visible in the foreground, with reflective surfaces indicating sunlight. There are distinct photographic artifacts present, including arrows and lines drawn on the image. The image is in black and white, likely from the mid-20th century.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.9 × 19.8 cm (7 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.208.9


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jo Tartt, Jr., Warrenton, VA; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in white and grey paint; upper center and center left crop marks in black ink; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in black pencil: 4 5/8" x 3"; upper center in graphite: Xl; upper center stamped in red in inverted: JUN 8 1975; center left stamped in red ink: SUNDAY / VIEWPOINT / THURSDAY MAKEUP; center left in black ink: 3 cols [crossed out in red pencil] / Sun [illegible]; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink; center printed in black ink: (DN1) DALLAS, TEX., MAY 30-- DID FIRST BULLET HIT BOTH?-- This picture, made / last Sunday during re-enactment of the assassination shows two unidenti- / fied FBI men sitting in car with markings on their clothing and diagram- / ed to indicate where bullet entered. In a Copyright story Television / Station KRLD-TV in Dallas said yesterday it had learned the Warren Comm- / ission's report on the assassination of President Kennedy [circled in blue ink] will show that / the first shot hit both the President and Texas Gov. John Connally, and / the third shot went wild. (AP Wirephoto) (ce161935mbr-KRLD-TV) 1964 (See / AP Wire Story) (COPYRIGHT [illegible]; center right stamped in red ink: JUN 1 1964; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite crossed out in red pencil: 3 [illegible] / 5/8; bottom center printed in black ink on applied red label: 63

Wikidata ID

Q64144779

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