Title from caption on object: “Rides with Slain Husband's Body”

November 22, 1963

Wally McNamee

Associated Names
Wally McNamee

Artist, American, 1932 - 2017

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of an ambulance at an air force base being attended to by several individuals. The image shows a vintage ambulance, identified by markings as belonging to the U.S. Navy, parked on a tarmac under an aircraft. The front of the vehicle features iconic mid-20th century design elements, such as a single large headlight and a visible siren on the roof. The side of the ambulance showcases black horizontal stripes and stenciling with identification numbers. Various people are gathered around the vehicle, some with hands on the door as if preparing to enter or recently exited the vehicle. The setting appears to be a significant occasion, given the serious demeanor captured within the scene. The lighting suggests the image was taken in a hangar or similar sheltered area.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.8 × 23.3 cm (5 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 × 25.4 cm (8 1/16 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.497

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom printed in image: (AND5) ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Nov. 22--RIDES WITH SLAIN HUSBAND’S BODY--Mrs. John F. Kennedy, her legs heavily / smudged, moves to enter an ambulance carrying the body of her slain husband tonight at Andrews Base near / Washington. Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy is beside her. Col. James Swindall [sic], presidential pilot, is at upper left. / The President’s plane brought the body to Washington from Dallas, where Kennedy was shot to death from ambush. / (AP Wirephoto) (rmb61945stf)1963; on verso, top center printed in black ink on applied newspaper inverted: [reproduction of image] / Mrs. Kennedy [circled in blue ink] Enters Ambulance in Washington / ... blood still smudges her legs as she accompanies body; by unknown hand, upper right in blue ink inverted: [illegible initials]; center left in blue ink circled and inverted: John F. / Kennedy / Assassination; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular and obscured; by unknown hand, center right in blue ink circled and inverted: John F. Kennedy / Assassination; center right stamped in green ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: NOV 23 1963

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