Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to rifle location
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Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to rifle location
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald newspaper 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.
Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to rifle location
11/22/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0023.0011
The rifle was initially misidentified as a German Mauser while still on the floor hidden between book boxes. Once Lt. Day removed the rifle and got a closer look it was obvious the rifle was a similar-looking Italian weapon. - Gary Mack, Curator
Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to rifle location
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald newspaper 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.
Image of Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to rifle location
11/22/1963
Investigations
Mannlicher-Carcano
Boxes
Evidence
Rifles
Photographs
Allen, William
Day, Carl
Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit
Dallas Police Department
Dallas Times Herald
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0023.0011
The rifle was initially misidentified as a German Mauser while still on the floor hidden between book boxes. Once Lt. Day removed the rifle and got a closer look it was obvious the rifle was a similar-looking Italian weapon. - Gary Mack, Curator
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