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Photograph of a very close view of curb from Dealey Plaza
Photograph of a very close view of curb from Dealey Plaza

Photograph of a very close view of curb from Dealey Plaza

Object number2004.037.0060
Date1964
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 of a section of curb that was removed by the FBI from Main Street in Dealey Plaza on August 5,1964. This piece of curb was thought to show evidence of having been marked by a bullet during the Kennedy assassination. 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
The lighting suggests this picture was taken while the curb section was still in place on August 5, 1964.  It seems to show that a substance was used to fill in the mark on the curb, which is an observation made by assassination researcher Harold Weisberg in the 1970s upon examining the curb at the National Archives. - Gary Mack, Curator