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Image of witnesses in Dealey Plaza

35mm Kodachrome II color slide, #10 of 20 images, taken by Jay Skaggs from the Elm Street sidewalk in Dealey Plaza looking east. This image of several assassination witnesses shows the back of the "Babushka Lady's" head, eyewitnesses Charles Brehm talking with a reporter and California ex-convict Jim Braden wearing a hat.

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Image of witnesses in Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/22/1963

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Film

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2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Jay Skaggs Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2002.004.0009

Curatorial Note:

Police took several bystanders into custody for questioning in the hours following the assassination. Jim Braden, known as Eugene Hale Brading until two months before the assassination, was detained but quickly released by Dallas Police soon after this photograph was taken. Charles Brehm, one of the closest bystanders when the fatal shot struck President Kennedy, was questioned by the police but was not asked to testify before the Warren Commission. In other interviews, Brehm always maintained that the last of the three shots he heard missed Kennedy completely. - Gary Mack, Curator

The "Babushka Lady" is a term given by researchers to an unidentified woman who witnessed the assassination, so-called because of the scarf on her head. She can be seen in the Zapruder film of the assassination standing on the grass near the south curb of Elm Street; the woman was close to the presidential limousine when the fatal shot was fired. She seems to have a camera to her face, but no such picture has been made public and her identity has never been confirmed by investigators. - Gary Mack, Curator

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Image of witnesses in Dealey Plaza

35mm Kodachrome II color slide, #10 of 20 images, taken by Jay Skaggs from the Elm Street sidewalk in Dealey Plaza looking east. This image of several assassination witnesses shows the back of the "Babushka Lady's" head, eyewitnesses Charles Brehm talking with a reporter and California ex-convict Jim Braden wearing a hat.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of witnesses in Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Photographer

Reporter

Witnesses

Dealey Plaza

Babushka Lady

Braden, Jim

Skaggs, Jay

Brehm, Charles

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Jay Skaggs Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2002.004.0009

Curatorial Note:

Police took several bystanders into custody for questioning in the hours following the assassination. Jim Braden, known as Eugene Hale Brading until two months before the assassination, was detained but quickly released by Dallas Police soon after this photograph was taken. Charles Brehm, one of the closest bystanders when the fatal shot struck President Kennedy, was questioned by the police but was not asked to testify before the Warren Commission. In other interviews, Brehm always maintained that the last of the three shots he heard missed Kennedy completely. - Gary Mack, Curator

The "Babushka Lady" is a term given by researchers to an unidentified woman who witnessed the assassination, so-called because of the scarf on her head. She can be seen in the Zapruder film of the assassination standing on the grass near the south curb of Elm Street; the woman was close to the presidential limousine when the fatal shot was fired. She seems to have a camera to her face, but no such picture has been made public and her identity has never been confirmed by investigators. - Gary Mack, Curator