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Image of Dallas Police officers observing a moment of silence for Officer Tippit

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows Dallas Police officers in the Dallas Police Department headquarterson Monday, November 25, 1963, observing a moment of silence for slain Dallas Police officer J.D. Tippit. The man near the center of the image, wearing dark glasses, is Dallas Morning News reporter Tony Zoppi.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Dallas Police officers observing a moment of silence for Officer Tippit

Date:

11/25/1963

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

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

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0049.0017

Curatorial Note:

The fourth man in this line, wearing a dark suit and glasses, is Tony Zoppi, nightclub reporter at The Dallas Morning News and a friend of Jack Ruby. Three days earlier, Zoppi helped carry President Kennedy's casket into Parkland Memorial Hospital. He recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 1992 and passed away in 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Image of Dallas Police officers observing a moment of silence for Officer Tippit

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows Dallas Police officers in the Dallas Police Department headquarterson Monday, November 25, 1963, observing a moment of silence for slain Dallas Police officer J.D. Tippit. The man near the center of the image, wearing dark glasses, is Dallas Morning News reporter Tony Zoppi.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Dallas Police officers observing a moment of silence for Officer Tippit

Date:

11/25/1963

Terms:

Memorials

Police

Photographs

Tippit, J.D.

Zoppi, Tony

Dallas Times Herald

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

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

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0049.0017

Curatorial Note:

The fourth man in this line, wearing a dark suit and glasses, is Tony Zoppi, nightclub reporter at The Dallas Morning News and a friend of Jack Ruby. Three days earlier, Zoppi helped carry President Kennedy's casket into Parkland Memorial Hospital. He recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 1992 and passed away in 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator