Rare photographs of the day JFK was assassinated taken by bystanders are going on show for the first time in decades.
The show at the International Center of Photography in New York, JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander's View of History, examines the photographs which show the fateful day from an angle not seen in official accounts of the day.
While some of the images were used in news reports at the time, the enduring image of the assassination has been through the famous film by Abraham Zapruder.
The snapshots show a smiling Kennedy and his wife Jackie moments before the President was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. Other images show a distraught Jackie Kennedy at the President's funeral and Oswald being led away by Federal officers.
Fateful day: Unidentified Photographer, Governor John Connally, Nellie Connally, President John F. Kennedy, and Jacqueline Kennedy in presidential limousine, Dallas, November 22, 1963
Shown to a stunned nation: Unidentified Photographer, [John F. Kennedy], ca. 1963. International Center of Photography, Museum Purchase, 2013
Unidentified Photographer, [John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally, and Nellie Connally in presidential limousine, Dallas], November 22, 1963. International Center of Photography, Museum Purchase, 2005.
Unidentified Photographer, [Lee Harvey Oswald, Dallas], November 22 or 23, 1963. International Center of Photography, Museum Purchase, 2013
The show at the International Center of Photography in New York, JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander's View of History, examines the photographs which show the fateful day from an angle not seen in official accounts of the day.
While some of the images were used in news reports at the time, the enduring image of the assassination has been through the famous film by Abraham Zapruder.
The snapshots show a smiling Kennedy and his wife Jackie moments before the President was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. Other images show a distraught Jackie Kennedy at the President's funeral and Oswald being led away by Federal officers.
Fateful day: Unidentified Photographer, Governor John Connally, Nellie Connally, President John F. Kennedy, and Jacqueline Kennedy in presidential limousine, Dallas, November 22, 1963
Shown to a stunned nation: Unidentified Photographer, [John F. Kennedy], ca. 1963. International Center of Photography, Museum Purchase, 2013
Unidentified Photographer, [John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally, and Nellie Connally in presidential limousine, Dallas], November 22, 1963. International Center of Photography, Museum Purchase, 2005.
Unidentified Photographer, [Lee Harvey Oswald, Dallas], November 22 or 23, 1963. International Center of Photography, Museum Purchase, 2013