Image of Oswald's mother Marguerite in front of the Texas School Book Depository

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Image of Oswald's mother Marguerite in front of the Texas School Book Depository

Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows Lee Harvey Oswald's mother Marguerite Oswald standing in Dealey Plaza in front of the Texas School Book Depository.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Oswald's mother Marguerite in front of the Texas School Book Depository

Date:

1964

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)

Credit line:

Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.058.0323.0002

Curatorial Note:

Bill Winfrey took this impromptu photograph of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza after he spotted her attending the Jack Ruby trial at the Dallas County Criminal Courts building in March 1964. In his oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum, Winfrey recalled, "I very discreetly led her out there and talked to her and had lunch with her. She was willing to talk to anybody." - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Image of Oswald's mother Marguerite in front of the Texas School Book Depository

Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows Lee Harvey Oswald's mother Marguerite Oswald standing in Dealey Plaza in front of the Texas School Book Depository.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Oswald's mother Marguerite in front of the Texas School Book Depository

Date:

1964

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Photographs

Oswald, Marguerite

Winfrey, Bill

The Dallas Morning News

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)

Credit line:

Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.058.0323.0002

Curatorial Note:

Bill Winfrey took this impromptu photograph of Marguerite Oswald in Dealey Plaza after he spotted her attending the Jack Ruby trial at the Dallas County Criminal Courts building in March 1964. In his oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum, Winfrey recalled, "I very discreetly led her out there and talked to her and had lunch with her. She was willing to talk to anybody." - Stephen Fagin, Curator