[Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #1]

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Photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald standing in the backyard of his house at 214 West Neely Street in Dallas, Texas, holding a rifle in one hand and Communist newspapers in the other.

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2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.

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Dallas (Tex.). Police Department. 1959~/1963~.

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Photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald standing in the backyard of his house at 214 West Neely Street in Dallas, Texas, holding a rifle in one hand and Communist newspapers in the other.

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2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.

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Part of the Dallas Police Department Collection.

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John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection

These photos document the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath. They depict landmarks, people, and important events from before, on, and after November 23, 1963.

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John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection

This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.

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[Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #2] (Photograph)

[Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #2]

Two photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a gun in the back yard of his residence at 214 West Neely Street in Dallas, Texas.

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[Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #2], DSMA_91-001-1224002-4118, ark:/67531/metapth337200

[Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #3] (Photograph)

[Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #3]

Photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald standing in the back yard of his home at 214 West Neely Street, Dallas, Texas. He holds a rifle in one hand, and a communist newspaper in the other.

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[Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #3], DSMA_91-001-12A58001-XXXX, ark:/67531/metapth338543

[Photos of the Oswald Family #2] (Photograph)

[Photos of the Oswald Family #2]

Composite photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle and a communist newspaper, Marina Oswald and her child and an older woman, and a man and a woman sitting at a table.

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[Photos of the Oswald Family #2], DSMA_91-001-12A67001-XXXX, ark:/67531/metapth337849

[Photos of the Oswald Family #1] (Photograph)

[Photos of the Oswald Family #1]

Composite photograph of two photos of Lee Harvey Oswald with a gun, two women with a baby, and a man and a woman sitting at a table.

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[Photos of the Oswald Family #1], DSMA_91-001-1224001-4117, ark:/67531/metapth338823

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  • Sept. 29, 2013, 11:29 p.m.

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  • Dec. 18, 2020, 3:45 p.m.

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Dallas (Tex.). Police Department. [Lee Harvey Oswald in Backyard With Rifle #1], photograph, 1959~/1963~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth337630/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.

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