This gent found a never-before-seen photo of President Kennedy from minutes before he was shot on a thrift store CD case
· Feb 23, 2023 · NottheBee.com

Probably no historical event has been as aggressively studied, scrutinized and examined as the Kennedy assassination that took place on Nov. 22, 1963.

And yet still, even now, nearly 60 years later, there's still more to learn about that terrible day:

A bargain shopper discovered a never-before-seen photo taken on the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination in a Ferris, Texas, thrift store.

George Rebeles found the Polaroid snapped on Nov. 22, 1963, in a CD he purchased at Soul's Harbor Thrift Store.

He was browsing the aisles for a CD of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "The Anthology" album and only later uncovered the JFK snapshot from that infamous day.

Ferris, Texas is just a hop, skip and a jump away from downtown Dallas. This photo did not travel far over the last six decades.

"Of course [I] realized immediately that this was an unpublished photograph. So I was excited," Rebeles continued.

"It just struck me as odd to find it in a CD case. How this could have ended up in a small town thrift store fascinates me."

Photos are famous for ending up in cracks, crevices, nooks and crannies. It's something a lot of younger readers may likely never experience in the same way as older generations. With nearly every photo located in phones and digital clouds these days, you're less apt to make an astonishing discovery like this one, for better or worse.

An FBI analyst told media that the photo "was probably taken as the motorcade left Love Field in Dallas, Texas," putting it at less than half an hour before Kennedy's death.

The theoretical price the photo could command at auction, meanwhile, is probably minimal:

"It's something that meant something to someone in someone's family," he revealed. "I would say that if someone thinks this is of high monetary value, prepare yourself to be underwhelmed or disappointed."


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