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Image of convertible with Secret Service agents reenacting the assassination
Image of convertible with Secret Service agents reenacting the assassination

Image of convertible with Secret Service agents reenacting the assassination

Object number1989.100.0053.0007
Date11/27/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Dallas Times Herald photographer
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineDallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
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DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows the first Secret Service reenactment of the assassination of President Kennedy on the afternoon of November 27, 1963. A light-colored convertible representing the presidential limousine passes in front of the north pergola of Dealey Plaza as it travels down Elm Street. Two men in the convertible are filming the car's progress as it moves down the street. A third man with a camera can be seen in the background, standing on the same plinth where Abraham Zapruder stood when he filmed the assassination.