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Booking photo of Lee Harvey Oswald taken by the New Orleans Police Department
Booking photo of Lee Harvey Oswald taken by the New Orleans Police Department

Booking photo of Lee Harvey Oswald taken by the New Orleans Police Department

Object number2013.102.0001
Date08/09/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer New Orleans Police Department
ObjectPhotograph (b&w)
Credit LineJerry Lankford Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper
Dimensions3 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (8.9 × 14.6 cm)
DescriptionBlack and white booking photo of Lee Harvey Oswald from the New Orleans Police Department, taken after his arrest in August 1963. The photo shows three different views of Oswald: his right profile, front on and a full-length view of him wearing a white shirt and dark pants. In the center image, Oswald wears a small placard around his neck that says "New Orleans, LA, 112 723, 8 9 63." This photo was taken after Oswald was arrested for disturbing the peace while distributing "Hands Off Cuba!" flyers on a public sidewalk. The back of the photo is printed in fading purple ink with the following information: "Lee Harvey Oswald (WM) #112-723 4907 Magazine Street Mach. N. O., La. slender ruddy brown brown (2 lines with numbers that have become illegible) 130 lbs 5 9 ARR: 1st Dist. 8/9/63 Lt. W. Caillot, etc. Chg: Dist the Peace by creating a scene"
Curatorial Commentary
This booking photograph complements two other items in our collection that document this incident in New Orleans a few months before the assassination. Please see also 2007.028.0001 and 2013.088.0003 for a film and a document related to this same event. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
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