Image of pallbearers carrying Lee Harvey Oswald's casket
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Image of pallbearers carrying Lee Harvey Oswald's casket
One original 35mm black and white negative taken by Gene Gordon, the chief photographer of the Fort Worth Press, of the funeral of Lee Harvey Oswald. The funeral took place at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday, November 25, 1963. Pallbearers carry Oswald's casket to the gravesite. Reporters were asked to serve as pallbearers because there were not enough funeral attendees. Three of the pallbearers are unidentified: the man in front in the foreground wearing glasses; the man at the back end of the casket wearing glasses, and the man concealed by the first unidentified man. The other reporters are: Mike Cochran, Associated Press (AP); Ed Horn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jerry Flemmons; Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jon "Bunky" McConal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Preston McGraw, United Press International (UPI).
Image of pallbearers carrying Lee Harvey Oswald's casket
11/25/1963
Film
1 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (3.5 × 3.8 cm)
Gene Gordon Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.087.0095
Four of the pallbearers seen in this photograph (Jerry Flemmons, Jon McConal, Mike Cochran, and Preston McGraw) recorded oral histories with the Museum. As of October 2021, Mike Cochran is the last known surviving pallbearer from the Oswald funeral. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of pallbearers carrying Lee Harvey Oswald's casket
One original 35mm black and white negative taken by Gene Gordon, the chief photographer of the Fort Worth Press, of the funeral of Lee Harvey Oswald. The funeral took place at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday, November 25, 1963. Pallbearers carry Oswald's casket to the gravesite. Reporters were asked to serve as pallbearers because there were not enough funeral attendees. Three of the pallbearers are unidentified: the man in front in the foreground wearing glasses; the man at the back end of the casket wearing glasses, and the man concealed by the first unidentified man. The other reporters are: Mike Cochran, Associated Press (AP); Ed Horn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jerry Flemmons; Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jon "Bunky" McConal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Preston McGraw, United Press International (UPI).
Image of pallbearers carrying Lee Harvey Oswald's casket
11/25/1963
Photographs
Funeral
Press
Pallbearers
Photographer
Casket
Oswald funeral
Newspapers
Gordon, Gene
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Cochran, Mike
McConal, Jon "Bunky"
McGraw, Preston
Horn, Ed
Flemmons, Jerry
Fort Worth Press
Rose Hill Cemetery
Fort Worth
Film
1 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (3.5 × 3.8 cm)
Gene Gordon Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.087.0095
Four of the pallbearers seen in this photograph (Jerry Flemmons, Jon McConal, Mike Cochran, and Preston McGraw) recorded oral histories with the Museum. As of October 2021, Mike Cochran is the last known surviving pallbearer from the Oswald funeral. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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