Title from caption on object: “Moments Before He Was Shot”

November 22, 1963

Ike Altgens

Associated Names
James William Altgens

Artist, American, 1919 - 1995

Associated Press

Publisher

The photograph captures four people in an open-top vehicle. The individuals in the vehicle are visible from the shoulders up. The woman in the foreground, likely in the front passenger seat, has short, dark hair and wears a suit jacket, smiling and waving. Beside her is a man with combed-back hair, wearing a dark suit with a narrow tie. To his left, a woman with shoulder-length hair in a bouffant style and a pillbox hat is seated, partially facing away while raising a gloved hand towards her hat or hair. The driver can be partially seen, but their features are not clear. Around the vehicle, a crowd of onlookers, including a man in a white police helmet, stands in front of a building with large, rectangular windows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.4 × 35 cm (8 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 22.9 × 35.5 cm (9 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.663

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks across recto in orange crayon; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: News & Views / [obscured by applied newspaper]; upper right stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: NOV 22 1963 J; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 6 3/8"; center left stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: JUL 3-1966 JK; center left printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Kennedy—just before the / killer (or killers) fired the murderous shots.; across bottom printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / AP Wirephoto / MOMENTS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT, President Kennedy rides with his wife (right) along a street in Dallas, Tex.

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