Is that something that can be proven conclusively? If so, how?
Well enough for it to be admitted as evidence. It’s not like you can see the serial numbers on the gun he is holding, but a) it is identifiable as to type/model, b) Oswald is on record as owning that type/model, and c) that type/model was found in the Depository with Oswald’s palm print on it.
You do mean this?
Rather unlikely he would have two of the same weapon.
yeah but maybe Castro planted the same make/model there to frame him
And maybe it spontaneously assembled itself out of subatomic-particles (in an infinite universe infinitesimal possibilities become certainties, right?). Occam’s Razor militates against both possibilities as containing “needlessly multiplied entities”.
alright come on guys let’s not derail the topic just for the record I believe it was Oswald alone.
I guess what I was really asking is: Are there any identifiable features of the gun present in the photograph, other that it is the same type?
It’s a little-known and often overlooked fact that the gun was wearing a large rainbow-colored clown wig.
Wasn’t there supposed to be some kind of problem with the shadows in the picture showing that it was a cut-n-paste job? This is a vague recollection, sorry I’m not up on Kennedy Konspiracy.
“[T]he Committee’ panel of photographic experts found a unique random pattern of wear on the rifle in the photograph which corresponded exactly to one on the Mannlicher-Carcano Oswald had purchased.”
From here.
Originally, yes. A Dartmouth professor created a 3D model of Oswald and found that the shadows on the ground, Oswald’s neck, and nose were consistent with the sun’s position when the photos were taken.
There is a good video of the methodology and findings here.
It should be remembered that Oswald himself claimed the photo was faked. And that quite a lot of evidence, including the eye witness testimony of one of the police in the Book Depository at the time, indicates that the gun found was a Mauser.
And, of course, people under suspicion of murder never lie when they say they were framed. Oswald must be telling the truth! Let’s release all suspected killers on their own say-so!
The two rifles look quite alike, and a police officer at the scene could have easily confused one for the other, particularly if he had seen a Mauser but not a Carcano. I’d call myself a bit of a gun nut, and I’d be hard pressed to tell the difference at first sight.
Marina Oswald testified that she took the pictures, and the wear patterns as well as a small notch in the stock match between the backyard photos and the rifle found in the Sniper’s nest. In addition, the minute imperfections of the Oswalds’ camera match the marks on the backyard photograph.
The issue with the diverging shadows has already been cleared up.
I’ve been trying to find the cite, but I know I’ve read that Oswald signed off on the backyard photographs before crawfishing and claiming they were fakes–can’t find where I got that, though. Maybe someone else knows.