Title from caption on object: “Kennedy Moments after Shooting”, June 5, 1968

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Medium

gelatin silver print with applied color

Dimensions

image: 18.2 × 22.1 cm (7 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

sheet: 19.1 × 22.3 cm (7 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.528

Artists / Makers

Boris Yaro (artist) American, 1938 - 2020

Associated Press (publisher)

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Inscription

retouching across recto in gray paint; by unknown hand, bottom left in green ink: [arrow] LEFT; bottom center: [arrow] CENTER [arrow]; bottom right: RIGHT [arrow]; on verso, top left and top center printed in applied photo paper: (LA1) LOS ANGELES, June 5--KENNEDY MOMENTS AFTER SHOOTING--Sen. / Robert F. Kennedy lies gravely wounded on the floor at the Ambassador / hotel in Los Angeles shortly after midnight today, moments after he / was shot during a celebration of his victory in yesterday's California / primary election. Picture was made by Boris Yaro, a Los Angeles Times / photographer who was at Kennedy's side. (Copyright, 1968, Los Angeles / Times) (AP Wirephoto) (rhs50115tms) 1968; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: LA1 / 6.5.68; top right stamped in blue ink: PLAIN DEALER LIBRARY / JUN 10 1968; by unknown hand, top right in red ink: PD6-6-68; upper left in red crayon: H; upper center in red ink circled and underlined: Sen Robert F. Kennedy / Assassination; center in brown crayon: [arrow] TOP [arrow]; center stamped in blue ink: PD MAR 14 '77; by unknown hand, center in red pencil: 18A

Provenance

The Plain Dealer Library, Cleveland, OH. (sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary