The Elvis-Kiss Mystery—Solved!

In the summer of 1956, a 21-year-old Elvis Presley, already inciting libidinous mayhem from Kansas City to Jacksonville, impishly touched tongues with a young woman in Richmond, Virginia. Alfred Wertheimer snapped the shutter just at the moment of contact. The result: “The Kiss,” one of the most storied photos in Elvis lore. Yet for five decades, no one, not even Wertheimer, knew the identity of Presley’s date—until now. Her name is Barbara Gray.

This auction item is a 5x7 print of Elvis and Barbara in a cab in 1956 and is signed by Barbara Gray.

(Photograph taken by Alfred Wertheimer in 1956)