Historic Photographs Found Dumped Under Fort Worth Bridge

November 23rd, 2009

Interesting date for such a find…

Via: WFAA:

Posted on November 22, 2009

A treasure trove of priceless photographs were recently found dumped under a bridge in South Fort Worth.

Among the found photographs were images of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade just moments before his assassination, a young President George H. W. Bush and Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.

The photographs were found underneath Interstate 20 and Oak Grove in South Fort Worth by the Code Compliance iIllegal dumping team. The location is a well-known dumping ground monitored by the department.

Whoever tossed the pictures away apparently had no idea they were throwing away history.

“Here’s a picture of a much younger President George Bush presenting a football trophy,” said Brandon Bennett, director of Fort Worth Code Compliance, while browsing through the images.

The photographs were found in City Council District 8, which is represented by Kathleen Hicks.

“This isn’t just Fort Worth history, this is American history,” she said.

The Kennedy motorcade photograph was taken 46 years ago. The original photograph of Dealey Plaza on November 22nd, 1963 captured onlookers turning in an attempt to get a glimpse of the motorcade.

There were also photographs of former Texas Gov. John Connally and founder of the Fort Worth NAACP Chapter Dr. George Flemming.

Then there were the images of Gwendolyn Brooks, who won the Pulitzer in 1950, and Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.

“I’ve got goose bumps,” said Sarah Walker, President of the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society. “When Mr. Brandon Bennett, our code enforcement director called me and said we need to look at these photographs, I almost didn’t eat lunch today.”

Surprisingly, the pictures aren’t weathered at all. They were found in file folders, cataloged with typed labels on the front or back.

“I truly believe that they belong to the Genealogical Society because they’re so well kept,” Walker said. “They’ve just recently been dumped and I really believe that they would probably be the ones that were stolen from the building before we started the organization.”

That was almost five years ago. Where those photographs have been during that time is the mystery behind the treasure.

The photographs are now being stored in a secure location by the city of Fort Worth. Code Compliance will hold onto them until it can complete the legal process of finding out who may have dumped the pictures before possibly turning them over to a museum.

2 Responses to “Historic Photographs Found Dumped Under Fort Worth Bridge”

  1. RobertS says:

    I see a story like this and all I can do is go WTF? This could be anything, kids pulling a prank, or someone trying to further discredit the Assassination doubters. There is just no way to tell, though I do lean against kids. Lets wait and see if there isn’t some new startling revelation out of this last batch of photos, if so it would be pretty good proof that the disinformation campaign continues.

  2. Eileen says:

    Oh my. Someone dumping their perfect photos under a bridge to the day of the JFK assassination does not sound or feel like a childess kid prank to me.
    Oh yes I am seeing some very strange similarities in how the world shut down after the JFK assassination and 9/11. Something knows how to bring the world to a stop by killing. People. A President. Bringing tall buildings down. In broad daylight. On TV. Yes the whole world is watching. But who is developing the script?
    I think I was 8 when I watched the JFK stuff on TV. Watched my father crying his eyes out when I never saw him do anything like that until years later,and then again. And then we cried for Daddy. And then with 9/11 it was the whole same shebang. Everyone crying about their loss and then trying to find someone to vent their grief on. Problem is with Kennedy, no one has had a target to vent their anger on. I’ll bet that the elders in this country who never resolved the Kennedy assassination in their hearts went for the gusto in blaming Muslims for 9/11. I have a few I can count on a hand who did this.
    This whole script is getting old for me. Just when its getting interesting and all sorts of people are coming out of the closet.
    For me, I think its the Bush family behind both events. Buts thats just me, your old weird friend writing out perceptions as things flow. And in saying that, I will no longer be posting on Cryptogon because, because.
    Live long and prosper. The truth has sent me into hiding for awhile, but I am now free of the internet douche bags that are squirting their virus against truth swill everywhere.Ughh. Sometimes I think it is when I get really, really physically sick is when I see what I must do most clearly.

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