/internal/media/dispatcher/8089/fullPhotograph of Beverly Oliver on the set of the movie "JFK" in Dealey PlazaApril 1991 - May 19914 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)Paper, PhotoLovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2005.017.00950Photograph taken by the donor Lovita Irby during the filming of the 1991 movie JFK. Photo shows admitted eyewitness Beverly Oliver (center) sitting on the grass in Dealey Plaza beside Lolita Davidovich, an actor who played Beverly Oliver in the Oliver Stone film "JFK." They are seated on the edge of the grass, near the road, which runs across the lower right corner of the photo. Printed on "Kodak Royal Paper." Originally stored in a plastic bag marked, "Real People 10" in black marker.Photographs6416514.900000000010.100000000032744Photograph (color)0E-10Photograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during the filming of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The picture shows admitted assassination eyewitness Beverly (Oliver) Massegee (in pink) sitting in Dealey Plaza beside Lolita Davidovich, the actress who played Beverly Oliver in the film. They are seated on the edge of the grass on the north side of Elm Street, which runs across the lower right corner of the photo."JFK"Re-enactmentDealey PlazaPhotographsMovieStone, OliverIrby, LovitaOliver, BeverlyDavidovich, LolitaDallasAs 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.
Like Irby, Beverly Oliver was a consultant during the Dallas production of JFK. - Stephen Fagin, Curator