"Kennedy Slain by an Assassin"

November 23, 1963

American 20th Century

Associated Names
This is a photograph of a street scene featuring a "No Parking" sign and a newspaper box with a headline. The image captures a street corner with a prominent pole bearing a "No Parking In This Block At Any Time" sign. Below the sign is a newspaper box displaying a headline that reads "KENNEDY SLAIN BY AN ASSASSIN," presumably from the Milwaukee Sentinel, which is partly visible. The scene includes surrounding buildings featuring multi-story structures with numerous windows, an awning, and the text on some establishments that suggests businesses or shops. The photograph is in black and white and includes visual elements like pedestrians on the sidewalk and ornamental street decorations.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.2 x 7.7 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.4 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.4.16


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2007 - 2008, no. 210.

Inscriptions

center right printed in black ink perpendicular: NOV . 63; on verso, by Robert Jackson, upper right in graphite: 51

Wikidata ID

Q64144197

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