Photograph of a crane in Dealey Plaza during filming of the movie "JFK"

Object number2005.017.0101

DateApril 1991 - May 1991

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Lovita Irby

ObjectPhotograph (color)

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

MediumPaper, Photo

Dimensions5 7/8 x 4 in. (14.9 x 10.1 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 a street sign for the intersection of Houston Street and Elm Street in the foreground. In the background is the former Texas School Book Depository - the front of the building and other parts of Dealey Plaza were temporarily returned to their 1963 appearance during the film's production. A yellow crane has been positioned so that the cab is in front of the topmost southeastern windows of the former Book Depository, allowing the film crew to film from the angle of the gunman without actually being inside the building.

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