Title from caption on object: "Oswald as a Schoolboy"

1963

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

The image shows two side-by-side black-and-white photographs that appear to show the same boy at different stages of his youth. In the left photograph, a young child stands facing the camera with a wide smile. The child has pale skin and short, dark curly hair, and he is wearing a long-sleeved, striped shirt tucked into dark pants. In the background, part of another person is partially visible. In the right photograph, a slightly older boy leans against a railing or fence behind him. This boy also has pale skin and short, dark hair, but this time he is wearing a short-sleeved, white T-shirt with dark pants. The background suggests an outdoor setting. Below these photographs are several lines of text, with some words circled or underlined in pink.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.4 × 15.5 cm (8 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.8 × 15.5 cm (9 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.208.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jo Tartt, Jr., Warrenton, VA; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom printed in image: [cut off] E FOR SUNDAY AMS, DEC.15 WITH AP NEWSFEATURE BY JULES LOH) / (NY59-DEC.12) OSWALD AS A SCHOOLBOY—The schooldays of Lee / Harvey Oswald [underlined and circled in pink ink] saw the boy moved many times to different schools / These exclusive AP photos of the accused assassin of Presi- / dent Kennedy show him, left, in a class picture while he was in / the second grade in Fort Worth, Tex., and the right at the Bronx Zoo / in New York, where he attended school and was picked up for / chronic truancy in 1953. (APWirephoto) (See AP Wire Story) / (5n52319fls) 1963; by unknown hand, bottom right in black ink: 15 x 7 ½ OSWALD; on verso, upper center stamped in red ink: DEC 16 1963; lower center stamped in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: APR 12 1981; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper under reproduction of image: Lee Harvey Oswald [underlined and circled in black ink] never liked school. / Picture was made as a second grader.

Wikidata ID

Q64144784

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