/internal/media/dispatcher/3863/fullPhotograph of an FBI agent with a rifle reenacting the Oswald backyard photos1963 - 196411 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm)PaperLyndal L. Shaneyfelt Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.037.01120Black and white photograph of an FBI agent in a suit, standing in approximately the same pose as Lee Harvey Oswald in a backyard photo. The man is holding the Oswald rifle in his left hand and has his right hand in a fist up by his chest. His head has obscured and all that can be seen is a blank white box above his shoulders. The agent is standing on a concrete block surface with a metal fence behind him. The photo was taken during tests to determine the authenticity of the original picture. This is same photo as 2004.037.0112 except that it is less washed out.
This photograph was stored in envelope 2004.037.0116Photographs6627627.940055880127.940055880129175Photograph (b&w)0E-10Black and white undated photograph of an FBI agent holding a rifle, reenacting the stance of Lee Harvey Oswald in the famous image showing him holding a rifle in his back yard. The man in this image is holding a rifle in his left hand and holds his right hand in a fist close to his chest. His face has been removed from the photo. The man is standing on a concrete block surface with a metal fence behind him on the roof of FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. This photograph documents the scrutiny to which FBI agents subjected the Oswald photograph, including recreating it in order to establish its authenticity.
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.RiflesPhotographsFirearmsBackyard photographAssassinationInvestigationsOswald, Lee HarveyWarren CommissionFederal Bureau of InvestigationWashington, D.C.