Image of photographers and reporters in the courthouse for the Ruby trial
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Image of photographers and reporters in the courthouse for the Ruby trial
Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows reporters behind a rope in the hallway of the courthouse where the Ruby trial was taking place. The trial was known at the time as "the trial of the century" and received an enormous amount of media attention. February 21, 1964 was the second day of jury selection.
Image of photographers and reporters in the courthouse for the Ruby trial
02/21/1964
Film
2 9/16 x 2 7/16 in. (6.5 x 6.2 cm)
Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2004.058.0184
Sheriff's deputies kept reporters and photographers behind a rope barrier as a precaution, following criticism of the Dallas Police Department for not having protected Lee Harvey Oswald from being shot in that same building. - Gary Mack, Curator
Image of photographers and reporters in the courthouse for the Ruby trial
Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows reporters behind a rope in the hallway of the courthouse where the Ruby trial was taking place. The trial was known at the time as "the trial of the century" and received an enormous amount of media attention. February 21, 1964 was the second day of jury selection.
Image of photographers and reporters in the courthouse for the Ruby trial
02/21/1964
Photographer
Jack Ruby trial
Photographs
Press
Winfrey, Bill
Dallas County Criminal Courts Building
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Film
2 9/16 x 2 7/16 in. (6.5 x 6.2 cm)
Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2004.058.0184
Sheriff's deputies kept reporters and photographers behind a rope barrier as a precaution, following criticism of the Dallas Police Department for not having protected Lee Harvey Oswald from being shot in that same building. - Gary Mack, Curator
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