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Photograph of the Texas School Book Depository and Dealey Plaza
Photograph of the Texas School Book Depository and Dealey Plaza

Photograph of the Texas School Book Depository and Dealey Plaza

Object number2004.037.0021
Date08/05/1964
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)
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DescriptionBlack and white photograph taken from under the triple underpass in Dealey Plaza on August 5, 1964, looking northeast toward the Texas School Book Depository. Cars can be seen driving on Elm and Main Streets, and two unidentified men are standing on the median between Main and Commerce streets, taking some measurements and surveying the area. 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 Commentary
This image also appears as Shaneyfelt Exhibit No. 32 published by the Warren Commission (21H481). - Gary Mack, Curator