Phil Willis Slide #26 (Willis 12)
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Phil Willis Slide #26 (Willis 12)
Original 35mm color slide taken by assassination witness Phil Willis showing Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository building from Main Street west of Houston Street. The Hertz sign on top of the building reads the temperature of 68 degrees. The Houston Street peristyle is visible on the right, the hood of a red car is in the foreground, and several Dallas police officers are visible along Elm Street. This image is commonly known as "Willis 12" by assassination researchers.
Phil Willis Slide #26 (Willis 12)
11/22/1963
Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.040.0022
Phil Willis' entire family joined him in Dealey Plaza to see the president's motorcade: his wife, Marilyn, their daughters Linda and Rosemary, and Marilyn's parents, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Stubblefield. Neither Rosemary nor the Stubblefields were questioned by the Warren Commission, although the other members of the family were interviewed. - Gary Mack, Curator
In addition to witnessing the assassination of President Kennedy, Phil Willis was also present at another historic event: the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, Willis was assigned to the 86th Observation Squadron at Bellows Field in Oahu, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack. During World War II, he flew a total of 52 combat missions. Mr. Willis passed away in January 1995, before he could record an oral history with the Museum. However, his wife, Marilyn Willis, participated in a videotaped group interview with other assassination eyewitnesses on November 22, 1996. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Phil Willis Slide #26 (Willis 12)
Original 35mm color slide taken by assassination witness Phil Willis showing Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository building from Main Street west of Houston Street. The Hertz sign on top of the building reads the temperature of 68 degrees. The Houston Street peristyle is visible on the right, the hood of a red car is in the foreground, and several Dallas police officers are visible along Elm Street. This image is commonly known as "Willis 12" by assassination researchers.
Phil Willis Slide #26 (Willis 12)
11/22/1963
Assassination
Photographs
Eyewitnesses
Dealey Plaza
Hertz sign
Police
Elm Street
Kennedy, John F.
Willis, Phil
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas Police Department
Dallas
Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Phil Willis Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2002.040.0022
Phil Willis' entire family joined him in Dealey Plaza to see the president's motorcade: his wife, Marilyn, their daughters Linda and Rosemary, and Marilyn's parents, Mr. & Mrs. William H. Stubblefield. Neither Rosemary nor the Stubblefields were questioned by the Warren Commission, although the other members of the family were interviewed. - Gary Mack, Curator
In addition to witnessing the assassination of President Kennedy, Phil Willis was also present at another historic event: the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, Willis was assigned to the 86th Observation Squadron at Bellows Field in Oahu, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack. During World War II, he flew a total of 52 combat missions. Mr. Willis passed away in January 1995, before he could record an oral history with the Museum. However, his wife, Marilyn Willis, participated in a videotaped group interview with other assassination eyewitnesses on November 22, 1996. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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