Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the rifle location

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Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the rifle location

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the area near the northwest corner of the Texas School Book Depository's sixth floor where Dallas Sheriff's deputies found the rifle used in the Kennedy assassination. The rifle had been hidden between some boxes. Lt. Day was head of the Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit responsible for the forensic investigation of physical evidence.

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Object title:

Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the rifle location

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Rifles

Boxes

Evidence

Mannlicher-Carcano

Investigations

Photographs

Allen, William

Day, Carl

Dallas Times Herald

Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0023.0009

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Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the rifle location

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the area near the northwest corner of the Texas School Book Depository's sixth floor where Dallas Sheriff's deputies found the rifle used in the Kennedy assassination. The rifle had been hidden between some boxes. Lt. Day was head of the Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit responsible for the forensic investigation of physical evidence.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the rifle location

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Rifles

Boxes

Evidence

Mannlicher-Carcano

Investigations

Photographs

Allen, William

Day, Carl

Dallas Times Herald

Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0023.0009

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