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(48,121 posts) Fri Nov 15, 2013, 03:53 PM Nov 2013

Artist Discovers Unseen Color Photos of JFK's Final Moments [View all]

After sitting forgotten in storage for more than 45 years, the daughter of an amateur photographer has uncovered a set of remarkable images taken mere minutes before President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.

The photos, which now appear in TIME and LightBox, were taken by H. Warner King, a Dallas Jewelry wholesaler and amateur photographer who died in 2005.

Recently, his daughter, Sonia King, was sorting through his possessions when she stumbled upon a red box labeled "November/December 1963." She found the Kennedy pics right away.

http://io9.com/artist-discovers-unseen-color-photos-of-jfks-final-mom-1465070605

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Artist Discovers Unseen Color Photos of JFK's Final Moments [View all] The Straight Story Nov 2013 OP

So poignant... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #1

What might have been. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #6

Amazing. Thank you, The Straight Story! Octafish Nov 2013 #2

Nice catch. There no where to be seen in the second photo. Lochloosa Nov 2013 #4

Looks like it may have been shot with a telephoto lens progressoid Nov 2013 #11

Famous pic taken just after shooting started Crabby Appleton Nov 2013 #12

Incredible! JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #3

a sunny beautiful day napkinz Nov 2013 #5

We have no way of knowing how many tragedies have been avoided by chance events cpwm17 Nov 2013 #20

What was that poor girl doing sitting forgotten in storage all these years? Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #7

our English teachers would have marked that up ... good catch napkinz Nov 2013 #8

That was my first thought too. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2013 #9

So glad I'm not the only grammar nerd here Happyhippychick Nov 2013 #10

Who edits this stuff? brucefan Nov 2013 #13

. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #15

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #14

my father's carefully numbered slides were missing the sequence immediately after the photos you see Coyotl Nov 2013 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #17

From the photo you can estimate very closely the year it was taken cpwm17 Nov 2013 #18

That's weird because I just opened some sealed boxes I have toted through the years,... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #19

I Know Sonia MagickMuffin Nov 2013 #21