/internal/media/dispatcher/26571/fullColor slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by George Reid05/10/19642 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)FilmGeorge Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1996.014.00160One 35mm color image on Kodachrome Duplicate slide of Marguerite Oswald (Lee Harvey Oswald's mother), with the Texas School Book Depository in the background. Mrs. Oswald is wearing horn-rimmed glasses, with her right hand touching their corner.
This slide is in a cardboard mount, and handwritten on the slide in black ink is the number "(11" in the bottom right corner. At the top of the image handwritten in black ink are "MRS." and "JFK," and in red ink "OSWALD." At the bottom of the slide in red printed text is the copyright symbol and "Reproduction ONLY by written consent of G. C. REID, P.O. Box 15620, Dallas, Texas 75215." At the bottom of the slide printed in yellow text below this, "MADE IN U.S.A.” A date stamp is printed in red text above this "MAY 64D," and to the right the number "20." On the emulsion side of the slide at the top in the left corner is the "Kodak" label and "PROCESSED BY" in red printed text. Opposite is "Kodachrome Transparency."
George Reid was a longtime John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s.
Photographs645705.08000000005.080000000022129SlideOriginal 35mm color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by Dallas resident George Reid. Mrs. Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, poses with the Texas School Book Depository in the background
George Reid was a long-time John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas in 1960. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s. He met Mrs. Oswald in Dealey Plaza by coincidence and she consented to have her picture taken.Dealey PlazaPhotographsReid, GeorgeOswald, MargueriteTexas School Book DepositoryDallas