Is the revolver a S&W?

[Walt Cakebread]

This is a good copy of CE 133A.....   Dose the handle of the revolver on Lee's hip look like the handle of a police style Smith  & Wesson.... or does it look like a western style revolver.

[Jerry Organ]

The butt of the handle is oval.

[Walt Cakebread]

The butt of the handle is oval.

That's true.....  But the S&W handle is shaped different than a western style revolver....   The revolver on Lee's hip looks like the cowboy "six shooter"...It doesn't look like a police style Smith & Wesson.

[Charles Collins]

This is a good copy of CE 133A.....   Dose the handle of the revolver on Lee's hip look like the handle of a police style Smith  & Wesson.... or does it look like a western style revolver.

From "Smith & Wesson 1857-1945 (Revised Edition) A Handbook for Collectors" by Robert J. Neal and Roy G. Jinks:










The curved portion of the book page distorts the shape of the handles a little. And the angle of the photos are completely different than the angle of CE 133A. A better comparison could be made from a photo taken from a similar angle.

[Joffrey van de Wiel]

The backyard photos have finally been accepted as genuine?

[Walt Cakebread]

The backyard photos have finally been accepted as genuine?

NOT PHOTOS.... (plural)   CE 133A is the photo that Marina took at Lee's request.

[Jerry Freeman]

Picture an alleged fleeing suspect running up the street with a 4 inch pistol tucked in his crotch, side or backside. A bit long for a front pocket.
The presumed assailant ...wearing street fitting trousers [not Speedos] would have a pickle of a time keeping that much steel weighed down with cartridges--- from either sliding down his pants leg or flopping out onto the pavement.

[Bill Chapman]

No, stop screwing the pooch and picture what Ted Callaway saw.

Oswald had the gun in his hand as he fled the Tippit scene:

Mr. BALL. And how was he holding the gun?
Mr. CALLAWAY. We used to say in the Marine Corps in a raised pistol position.
Mr. BALL. That would be with the muzzle pointed upward, and with the arm bent at the elbow, is that right?
Mr. CALLAWAY. Yes, sir; just like this.