Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by George Reid

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Color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by George Reid

Original 35mm color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by Dallas resident George Reid. Mrs. Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, poses with the Texas School Book Depository in the backgroundGeorge Reid was a long-time John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas in 1960. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s. He met Mrs. Oswald in Dealey Plaza by coincidence and she consented to have her picture taken.

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Object title:

Color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by George Reid

Date:

05/10/1964

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Photographs

Reid, George

Oswald, Marguerite

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1996.014.0016

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Color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by George Reid

Original 35mm color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by Dallas resident George Reid. Mrs. Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, poses with the Texas School Book Depository in the backgroundGeorge Reid was a long-time John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas in 1960. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s. He met Mrs. Oswald in Dealey Plaza by coincidence and she consented to have her picture taken.

Object Details
Object title:

Color slide of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza, taken by George Reid

Date:

05/10/1964

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Photographs

Reid, George

Oswald, Marguerite

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1996.014.0016

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