Kennedy artifacts

Police found this jacket belonging to Lee Harvey Oswald at a gas station near the Texas Theater, where Oswald was captured after the shooting of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. (Sarah Mercier/Newseum/Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC)
Lee Harvey Oswald kept his rifle wrapped in this wool blanket in a family friend's garage. The rifle was found at the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas shortly after the shooting of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. (Sarah Mercier/Newseum/Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.)
This is the shirt Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing when he was arrested Nov. 22, 1963, and charged in the death of President John F. Kennedy. (Sarah Mercier/Newseum/Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.)
Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing this shirt, seen in this Nov. 22, 1963, photo, when he was arrested and charged in the death of President John F. Kennedy. (Sarah Mercier/Newseum/Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Background image: The Associated Press)
Dallas businessman Abraham Zapruder used this Bell & Howell 8 mm home movie camera, seen with its case, to film President John F. Kennedy's motorcade on Nov. 22, 1963. Zapruder was the only eyewitness to capture the entire assassination on film. (Sarah Mercier/Newseum/Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.)
The wallet Lee Harvey Oswald was carrying when he was arrested Nov. 22, 1963, and charged in the death of President John F. Kennedy. Among the items found in the wallet were a photo of Oswald in his Marine uniform; a photo of his wife, Marina; a photo of his daughter, June; a Dallas library card; a Selective Service card; several military ID cards; his Social Security card; and cards for the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, a pro-communist group. Some of the items were stained by chemicals used for fingerprinting. (Sarah Mercier/Newseum/Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.)
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Artifacts from National Archives and JFK promotional photos.

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