Argus Autronic I Model 35156-M 35mm camera

Object number2002.040.0145

Datecirca 1962

ClassificationsArtifacts

ObjectCamera

Credit LinePhil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumMetal, Glass, Plastic

Terms

DescriptionArgus Autronic 35mm camera used by assassination witness Phil Willis to make a series of pictures before, during and after the assassination on November 22, 1963. Willis was standing on the south side of Elm Street during the shooting.

Curatorial Commentary

Phil Willis' camera, along with the cameras of other assassination eyewitnesses, is featured in our sixth floor exhibit John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation in a section about photographers and evidence. - Megan Bryant, Director of Collections & Intellectual Property