In this post I want to leave you with a simple image gallery. My personal contributing images were taken in September 2022 and November 2024. Building by the day.
This first image depicts Lee Harvey Oswald in one of the now famous back yard photos taken by his wife Marina in April 1963. This was taken behind 214, West Neely Street in Oak Cliff, Dallas. The same location in November 2024.
The Ruth Paine House Museum, 2515 West 5th Street, Irving, Texas. Now owned by the City of Irving. The house has been re-created, decorated and furnished as it was in 1963. Some of the fittings are original. The oak tree in the front yard was there in 1963, Lee would play with his own and neighbourhood children under it. The tree had just been trimmed. The access to the garage where Lee Oswald stored his rifle is from within the house via the kitchen. The museum guide and curator is Kevin Kendro who I met, 21 Nov 2024. Kevin was kind enough to show me around the property.
The Randle house, the yellow brick property. In 1963 this was the home of Bill and Linnie Mae Randle. It was just four doors east of Ruth Paine’s property. Linnie’s 19 year old brother, Buell Wesley Frazier was living with them at the time and he was working at the TSBD in Dallas. It was Buell of course who drove Lee Oswald to their place of work on the morning of 22 November 1963. Buell was initially arrested after the assassination, he was a key witness. He has now written a book, ‘Steering Truth’. I had the fortune to meet him in Lewisville, Dallas, 19 Nov 24. He is now 80 and a true gentleman.
Having driven the 15 miles to the TSBD in Dealey Plaza,- in downtown Dallas, Buell parked his car. Lee was ahead of him as they entered the building carrying the infamous package of ‘stair rods’. Buell only had glimpses of Lee throughout the morning as they worked went about their work. When the motorcade was due just before midday, Buell was on the steps at the front entrance and saw the President’s motorcade pass. As JFK’s car disappeared behind the crowds down the gentle slope on Elm Street he heard the shots. The sixth floor window was directly above Buell. Across from the entrance was the reflecting pool. There stood Howard Brennan, facing the building. He saw Lee Oswald and he was able to accurately describe him to police.
