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This photograph by Associated Press photographer Ike Altgens captures President Kennedy's limousine as it proceeds down Elm Street in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Altgen testified that he took it after the first shot and before any subsequent shots were fired. President Kennedy (his face blocked by the limousine's rearview mirror) has been shot through the throat, and his clenched left fist is raised toward his throat. Mrs. Kennedy's gloved hand is on his arm. Governor Connally, seated in front of the President and turning to his right to look at him, has also been shot. In the front seat are two Secret Service agents. At the top right, an agent standing on the running board of the followup car looks back toward the Texas School Book Depository. In the background is the entrance to the Depository. The photo is significantly cropped here, showing only the left third of the original; note that this gives misleading impressions of where the photographer was standing and in what directions the spectators were looking.

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The Mary Ferrell Foundation ( www.maryferrell.org ); Photographer: Ike Altgens

[edit] Fair Use for John F. Kennedy assassination

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(del) (cur) 07:57, 2 July 2006 . . JDG (Talk | contribs) . . 1260×1115 (536,725 bytes) (==Source== The Mary Ferrell Foundation ( www.maryferrell.org ) ==Fair Use for John F. Kennedy assassination== The image Image:altgens_mary_ferrell.jpg is being linked here; though the picture is originally copyright, I ([[User:JDG] believe this image)