/internal/media/dispatcher/19825/fullImage from contact sheet of crowd gathered on Elm Street11/22/1963Overall: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)FilmDallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.0062.00120One black and white 35mm negative print. This image shows a crowd gathered on Elm Street as viewed from the grassy knoll. The peristyles on Houston Street are visible in the image.The Babushka Lady can be seen in the center of the image wearing a dark colored coat and headscarf.
Image labeled #8 from negative strip 4 of Contact Sheet 2.Photographs6478720.320000000025.400000000034686Contact sheetOne black and white positive print of a 35mm negative taken by Dallas Times Herald photographer William Allen, taken from a contact sheet. This image shows a crowd gathered on Elm Street as viewed from the grassy knoll on the north side of Dealey Plaza. The Babushka Lady can be seen in the center of the image wearing a knee-length coat and headscarf.
A red editor's mark is visible in the top right corner of the image and a black editor's mark is visible along the lower edge, just left of center.CrowdsGrassy knollDealey PlazaElm StreetBabushka LadyContact sheetPhotographsAllen, WilliamDallas Times HeraldDallasThe Babushka Lady—so named because of the headscarf she wore that day—is one of the most mysterious and controversial eyewitnesses in Dealey Plaza. Beverly Oliver, a singer at the Colony Club in Dallas in 1963 who knew Jack Ruby and many of his performers, came forward in 1970 as this mystery figure. Many researchers have challenged her story due to its inconsistencies. However, to date, no one besides Oliver has identified themselves as the “Babushka Lady.” - Stephen Fagin, Curator