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(JOHN F. KENNEDY`S FINAL HOUR IN PHOTOGRAPHS)

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(JOHN F. KENNEDY`S FINAL HOUR IN PHOTOGRAPHS)
An incredible, excessively rare collection of nineteen original and unpublished photographs chronicling John F. Kennedy's final hour in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The photographs, shot sequentially, each measure 3 1/2"" x 5"" b/w, and show, in order: Air Force One taxiing at Love Airfield in Dallas, the Kennedys and Johnsons debarking from the aircraft, the party greeting a receiving line on the tarmac and mingling with the assembled crowd, the interior of Kennedy's limousine, Governor and Mrs. Connally and the Kennedys entering the limousine, and the last image, a rather ironic view of both couples in the moving limousine with Kennedy rubbing the upper-right part of his scalp, exactly the spot hit by an assassin's bullet minutes later! The final two photographs, taken hours later, show two views of the Texas School Book Depository from which it is said Oswald fired the shots that killed the President. These photos were developed in February, 1964, and their existence was never revealed to the authorities. Accompanied by a notarized letter of provenance of the son of the photographer, who states that his father had likely obtained access to the President through his association with Dallas policemen. Interestingly, he adds: ""àI believe my father knew several of the people within Dallas' underground. I was also told that one of my late uncle's wives was an acquaintance of Jack Rubyà"". It is our understanding that the negatives for these photos have been long lost, and that only one other (incomplete) set, made in April-May, 1964 exists. It is also our understanding that, while the copyright to the images resides with the son, such copyright should be transferable to our purchaser. A very rare and fine set of images, in very fine condition. 2354