Photograph of the filming of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Object number2005.017.0038

DateApril 1991 - May 1991

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Lovita Irby

ObjectPhotograph (color)

Credit LineLovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumPaper, Photo

Dimensions4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

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DescriptionPhotograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during the filming of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The photograph shows actors playing President Kennedy (Steve Reed), Jacqueline Kennedy (Jodie Farber), Governor John Connally (Randy Means) and Mrs. Nellie Connally (Columbia Dubose) in the movie's replica presidential limousine. Crowds of onlookers can be seen in the background.

Curatorial Commentary

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005. - Stephen Fagin, Curator