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Unpublished JFK photo from day of assassination found in thrift store CD case
UPI ^ | FEB. 21, 2023 / 4:30 PM | By Ben Hooper

Posted on 02/23/2023 7:56:01 AM PST by Red Badger

Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A Texas man who bought a second-hand CD from a small-town thrift shop made a surprising discovery inside the case -- a Polaroid photo of President John F. Kennedy on the day of his assassination.

George Rebeles said he was at the Souls Harbor Thrift Store in Ferris when he decided to buy Bachman Turner Overdrive's The Anthology on CD.

Rebeles said he didn't open the CD case until about a month after the purchase, and he discovered an object inside that he soon realized was a Polaroid photo.

The photo depicted Kennedy riding in his motorcade in Dallas. The date handwritten on the back of the photo was "11-22-63," the day of Kennedy's assassination.

"I was shocked. I was shocked," Rebeles told WFAA-TV. "And that's putting it mildly."

Rebeles said he knew it was an unusual find in a thrift store CD case.

"Of course realized immediately that this was an unpublished photograph. So I was excited," Rebeles said. "It just struck me as odd to find it in a CD case."

Farris Rookstool III, a former FBI analyst and JFK historian, said the photo appears to have been snapped as the motorcade left Love Field, a good distance from the location of the assassination.

"I just hope that someone will look at this and say, 'You know what, this is pretty nice to have something from history, to see something that no one has seen in probably 60 years,'" Rookstool said.

Rebeles said he hasn't yet decided whether to keep the photo or try to sell it to a collector.

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The National Archives and Records Administration released nearly 13,000 documents related to the Kennedy assassination in December 2022, acting on an executive order from President Joe Biden. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that 97% of the Kennedy collection is now available to the public.


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To: cyclotic

That’s rotten! I found a Bette Midler 2000 poster that she had signed. Paid $1 for it. It sold for $45. A few months ago I bought a Taylor Swift keychain shaped like a snake for 10 cents, resold for $80. All from thrift stores. It’s amazing how horrible celebrities have fans willing to pay so much for that stuff.


41 posted on 02/23/2023 11:13:43 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Red Badger

It may be unpublished, but it doesn’t show any more than all of the film and photos taken before he got his brains blown out.


42 posted on 02/23/2023 11:14:47 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Red Badger

My best thrift store find was back in the 90s. I found a 2nd edition Narcotics Anonymous blue book for a nickel. I sold it for $450.


43 posted on 02/23/2023 11:16:56 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: FamiliarFace

I should scour thrift stores for those awesome Cutco knives. Yes.. new ones are insanely expensive.


44 posted on 02/23/2023 11:17:58 AM PST by nutmeg
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To: Red Badger

SOMEBODY has seen it in the last 60 years.

I guarantee you it wasn’t put inside a Bachman-Turner-Overdrive CD on the day of the assassination.


45 posted on 02/23/2023 11:22:56 AM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: ViLaLuz
"It was 50 cents."

Probably worth at least $1.00 now.

46 posted on 02/23/2023 12:06:03 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: nutmeg

Good luck! You never know what little gems you might find once the thrifting bug bites you!


47 posted on 02/23/2023 12:16:26 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: Sacajaweau

I agree. Plus, like many shows, it is the same thing over and over. Highlights can be pretty good, but there’s a lot of grinding to get to them.


48 posted on 02/23/2023 1:21:09 PM PST by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: mass55th

50 Cents
Jackie Kennedy
In the Bachman-Turner Overdrive cd
in the thrift store.

clues gotten.


49 posted on 02/25/2023 10:39:44 PM PST by blu (FJB!)
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