Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Image of news reporter interviewing an unknown man in Dealey Plaza

Original 35mm color slide of a news reporter interviewing an unknown man on the south side of Elm Street in Dealey Plaza with the Texas School Book Depository building visible in the background. The image was taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss on Sunday, November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of President Kennedy. A crowd of people can be seen gathered around the news reporter.

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Object title:

Image of news reporter interviewing an unknown man in Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Reporter

Interviews

Photographs

Press

Dealey Plaza

Crowds

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Cardboard, Film

Dimensions:

2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.006.0037

Curatorial Note:

After the assassination, Rudy and Vera Clauss apparently visited Dealey Plaza around noon on Saturday, November 23, where they took a series of photographs (2018.006.17 to 2018.006.24). They then returned the following afternoon on Sunday, November 24, to take additional photographs (2018.006.0025 to 2018.006.0038) as well as an 8mm home movie (2018.006.0001). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of news reporter interviewing an unknown man in Dealey Plaza

Original 35mm color slide of a news reporter interviewing an unknown man on the south side of Elm Street in Dealey Plaza with the Texas School Book Depository building visible in the background. The image was taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss on Sunday, November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of President Kennedy. A crowd of people can be seen gathered around the news reporter.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of news reporter interviewing an unknown man in Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Reporter

Interviews

Photographs

Press

Dealey Plaza

Crowds

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Cardboard, Film

Dimensions:

2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.006.0037

Curatorial Note:

After the assassination, Rudy and Vera Clauss apparently visited Dealey Plaza around noon on Saturday, November 23, where they took a series of photographs (2018.006.17 to 2018.006.24). They then returned the following afternoon on Sunday, November 24, to take additional photographs (2018.006.0025 to 2018.006.0038) as well as an 8mm home movie (2018.006.0001). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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