Image of an "X" marked in chalk on the floor at Dallas Police Department

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Image of an "X" marked in chalk on the floor at Dallas Police Department

Original black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image, taken in the spring of 1964, shows an "X" marked on the floor of the basement office at Dallas police headquarters. The shoe of an unknown individual points towards the location. The "X" likely marks the location where Lee Harvey Oswald was brought by law enforcement officials after being shot by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963. In this location, Oswald was briefly examined by a first aid technician while awaiting an ambulance to Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of an "X" marked in chalk on the floor at Dallas Police Department

Date:

1964

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0040.0002

Curatorial Note:

It is unclear what Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

Image of an "X" marked in chalk on the floor at Dallas Police Department

Original black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image, taken in the spring of 1964, shows an "X" marked on the floor of the basement office at Dallas police headquarters. The shoe of an unknown individual points towards the location. The "X" likely marks the location where Lee Harvey Oswald was brought by law enforcement officials after being shot by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963. In this location, Oswald was briefly examined by a first aid technician while awaiting an ambulance to Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of an "X" marked in chalk on the floor at Dallas Police Department

Date:

1964

Terms:

Photographs

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0040.0002

Curatorial Note:

It is unclear what Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager