Title from caption on object: "Kennedy Assassination Sequence: No. 3"

November 22, 1963

Abraham Zapruder

Associated Names
Abraham Zapruder

Artist, American, born Russia, 1905 - 1970

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of a moving vehicle. The image contains two sequential black and white photographs stacked vertically, showing a convertible car in motion. In both images, individuals are present in the car, one of whom is seen climbing onto the rear of the vehicle. The background appears blurred due to the speed of the vehicle's motion, with some shadowy figures in the distance. The images capture a sense of urgency and movement. Text accompanying the images provides context for the scene. The overall texture of the photographs suggests they may be still frames from a film or part of a rapid photographic sequence.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.208.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower left in blue ink perpendicular: 6; vertical along right edge printed in image: (NY5-Nov. 29) KENNEDY ASSASSINATION SEQUENCE: NO. 3- - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the president / stands up after the president was shot by an assassin in Dallas, Tex /. Nov. 22, top photo. She climbs / on the back of the car to help Secret Service man into the vehicle as it speeds away toward / the hospital after the shooting. (Courtesy Life Magazine, copyright 1963, Time Inc. All rights / reserved- - via APWirephoto) 196 (b60600life) 1963 TV STATIONS OUT; on verso, center Associated Press copyright stamp in red ink

Wikidata ID

Q64144771

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