Life Magazine for October 2, 1964, "The Warren Report"

Summary

After President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, Life magazine continued to report news of his assassination. This cover story discussed the much anticipated Warren Commission Report finished nearly a year after the tragedy. Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, chaired a committee to conduct the official investigation into the circumstances surrounding the President's death.

After President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, Life magazine continued to report news of his assassination. This cover story discussed the much anticipated Warren Commission Report finished nearly a year after the tragedy. Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, chaired a committee to conduct the official investigation into the circumstances surrounding the President's death.

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

02 October 1964

Subject Date

22 November 1963

Creators

Time, Inc. 

Zapruder, Abraham, d.1970 

Place of Creation

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

Creator Notes

Cover photographs from motion picture frames originally taken by Abraham Zapruder. Published by Time Inc., Chicago, Illinois.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2013.50.9

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Glynn.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 13.75 in

Width: 10.5 in

Inscriptions

Text on front cover: LIFE / THE / WARREN / REPORT / HOW THE / COMMISSION / PIECED TOGETHER / THE EVIDENCE / Told by One of Its Members

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