Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Photograph of Beverly Oliver on the set of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

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Photograph of Beverly Oliver on the set of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Photograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during the filming of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The picture shows admitted assassination eyewitness Beverly (Oliver) Massegee (in pink) sitting in Dealey Plaza beside Lolita Davidovich, the actress who played Beverly Oliver in the film. They are seated on the edge of the grass on the north side of Elm Street, which runs across the lower right corner of the photo.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of Beverly Oliver on the set of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Date:

April 1991 - May 1991

Terms:

"JFK"

Re-enactment

Dealey Plaza

Photographs

Movie

Stone, Oliver

Irby, Lovita

Oliver, Beverly

Davidovich, Lolita

Dallas
Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

Credit line:

Lovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.017.0095

Curatorial Note:

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005. Like Irby, Beverly Oliver was a consultant during the Dallas production of JFK. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Photograph of Beverly Oliver on the set of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Photograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during the filming of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The picture shows admitted assassination eyewitness Beverly (Oliver) Massegee (in pink) sitting in Dealey Plaza beside Lolita Davidovich, the actress who played Beverly Oliver in the film. They are seated on the edge of the grass on the north side of Elm Street, which runs across the lower right corner of the photo.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of Beverly Oliver on the set of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Date:

April 1991 - May 1991

Terms:

"JFK"

Re-enactment

Dealey Plaza

Photographs

Movie

Stone, Oliver

Irby, Lovita

Oliver, Beverly

Davidovich, Lolita

Dallas

Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

Credit line:

Lovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.017.0095

Curatorial Note:

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005. Like Irby, Beverly Oliver was a consultant during the Dallas production of JFK. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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