Image of crowd reacting to the news that Lee Harvey Oswald was shot

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Image of crowd reacting to the news that Lee Harvey Oswald was shot

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows a crowd gathered on Sunday morning, November 24, 1963, on the west side of Houston Street, reacting to the news that suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had been shot. Oswald was to be transferred from the city jail on the east side of downtown Dallas, to the county jail, which is located on the west side, bordering Dealey Plaza. As he was being escorted to the transport vehicle, Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.The photographs on this strip have been attributed both to Andy Hanson and to Eamon Kennedy. It is not possible at this time to determine positively which photographer took these pictures.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of crowd reacting to the news that Lee Harvey Oswald was shot

Date:

11/24/1963

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:

1989.100.0044.0010

Image of crowd reacting to the news that Lee Harvey Oswald was shot

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows a crowd gathered on Sunday morning, November 24, 1963, on the west side of Houston Street, reacting to the news that suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had been shot. Oswald was to be transferred from the city jail on the east side of downtown Dallas, to the county jail, which is located on the west side, bordering Dealey Plaza. As he was being escorted to the transport vehicle, Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.The photographs on this strip have been attributed both to Andy Hanson and to Eamon Kennedy. It is not possible at this time to determine positively which photographer took these pictures.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of crowd reacting to the news that Lee Harvey Oswald was shot

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Houston Street

Dealey Plaza

Crowds

Photographs

Hanson, Andrew "Andy"

Kennedy, Eamon

Dallas Times Herald

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:

1989.100.0044.0010