Photograph of an FBI agent reenacting the Kennedy assassination
Object number2004.037.0069
Date05/23/1964 - 05/24/1964
ClassificationsPhotographs
ObjectPhotograph (b&w)
Credit LineLyndal L. Shaneyfelt Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Collections
DescriptionBlack and white photograph showing FBI agent Robert Frazier in the sixth floor southeast corner window of the Texas School Book Depository aiming a high-powered rifle down Elm Street in Dealey Plaza. A camera has been attached to the stock of the rifle and the rifle is attached to a tripod.
This copy of a photograph was part of FBI Special Agent Lyndal Shaneyfelt's Kennedy assassination file; Shaneyfelt assisted in the FBI investigations of the assassination conducted on behalf of the Warren Commission in 1964.
Curatorial CommentaryThis image was made during the May 1964 FBI re-creation in Dealey Plaza to measure angles and distances relative to the location of the Kennedy limousine as shown in the Zapruder film of the assassination. - Gary Mack, Curator
05/23/1964 - 05/24/1964
