Photograph of Beverly Oliver on the set of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Object number2005.017.0095

DateApril 1991 - May 1991

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Lovita Irby

ObjectPhotograph (color)

Credit LineLovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumPaper, Photo

Dimensions4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

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DescriptionPhotograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during the filming of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The picture shows admitted assassination eyewitness Beverly (Oliver) Massegee (in pink) sitting in Dealey Plaza beside Lolita Davidovich, the actress who played Beverly Oliver in the film. They are seated on the edge of the grass on the north side of Elm Street, which runs across the lower right corner of the photo.

Curatorial Commentary

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005.

Like Irby, Beverly Oliver was a consultant during the Dallas production of JFK. - Stephen Fagin, Curator