Image of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket the day of his burial

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket the day of his burial

One original 35mm black and white negative taken by Fort Worth Press chief photographer Gene Gordon. The image shows the top of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket graveside at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Fort Worth. The nameplate reads "LEE HARVEY OSWALD 1939 - 1963."

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket the day of his burial

Date:

11/25/1963

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Film

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1 3/8 × 1 7/16 in. (3.5 × 3.7 cm)

Credit line:

Gene Gordon Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2016.047.0020.0002

Curatorial Note:

Gene Henderson Gordon (1929 - 2023) got his first job as a professional photographer at the age of 19 in 1948 at the Fort Worth Press, a Scripps-Howard newspaper launched in 1921. Less than five years later, Gordon was promoted to chief photographer, a position that he still held at the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963. Gordon covered the Kennedys' arrival at Carswell Air Force Base on the night on November 21st and, a few hours later, President Kennedy's parking lot speech at the Hotel Texas and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast in the hotel's ballroom. Following the assassination, he covered the funeral of Lee Harvey Oswald at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth on November 25th. Gene Gordon remained at the Fort Worth Press until the paper ceased publication in 1975, after which he became a staff photographer, later chief photographer, at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He retired in 1997 after half a century as a professional photographer in Fort Worth. We were honored to record oral history interviews with Gene in 2003 and 2015. He also participated in two programs at The Sixth Floor Museum, including this Living History educational program in 2017: Living History with Gene Gordon (youtube.com). The Museum acquired his collection of Kennedy-related negatives and prints in 2014 and 2016. Gene Gordon passed away on March 16, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket the day of his burial

One original 35mm black and white negative taken by Fort Worth Press chief photographer Gene Gordon. The image shows the top of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket graveside at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Fort Worth. The nameplate reads "LEE HARVEY OSWALD 1939 - 1963."

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket the day of his burial

Date:

11/25/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Newspapers

Funeral

Casket

Photographer

Oswald funeral

Flowers

Graveside

Oswald grave

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Gordon, Gene

Fort Worth Press

Rose Hill Cemetery

Fort Worth

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

1 3/8 × 1 7/16 in. (3.5 × 3.7 cm)

Credit line:

Gene Gordon Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2016.047.0020.0002

Curatorial Note:

Gene Henderson Gordon (1929 - 2023) got his first job as a professional photographer at the age of 19 in 1948 at the Fort Worth Press, a Scripps-Howard newspaper launched in 1921. Less than five years later, Gordon was promoted to chief photographer, a position that he still held at the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963. Gordon covered the Kennedys' arrival at Carswell Air Force Base on the night on November 21st and, a few hours later, President Kennedy's parking lot speech at the Hotel Texas and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast in the hotel's ballroom. Following the assassination, he covered the funeral of Lee Harvey Oswald at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth on November 25th. Gene Gordon remained at the Fort Worth Press until the paper ceased publication in 1975, after which he became a staff photographer, later chief photographer, at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He retired in 1997 after half a century as a professional photographer in Fort Worth. We were honored to record oral history interviews with Gene in 2003 and 2015. He also participated in two programs at The Sixth Floor Museum, including this Living History educational program in 2017: Living History with Gene Gordon (youtube.com). The Museum acquired his collection of Kennedy-related negatives and prints in 2014 and 2016. Gene Gordon passed away on March 16, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, Curator