Photograph of courtroom sketch of L.C. Graves testifying during the Ruby trial

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Photograph of courtroom sketch of L.C. Graves testifying during the Ruby trial

Photograph of courtroom pencil sketch on paper by Associated Press courtroom artist Woodi Ishmael. The sketch shows Lt. L.C. Graves during the Jack Ruby trial on March 5, 1964. The sketch shows Lt. Graves testifying to District Attorney Henry Wade with Graves on the left and Wade in the lower right corner. In the center of the image is an interpretive sketch of two people's arms struggling over a pistol. A typed caption reads:"(DN9) Dallas, Tex., March 5-- Witness Tells of Struggle-- This sketch by Artist Woodi Ishmael depicts the scene in District Criminal Court in Dallas today as the first witness, L.C. Graves, left, a Dallas police officer, explained to District Attorney Henry Wade, right, how he grappled with Jack Ruby after Ruby had shot Lee Harvey Oswald. (AP Wirephoto Sketch)"Ishmael's signature "Woodi Ishmael" is located along the lower edge of the sketch. Ishmael made the original sketches for the Associated Press during the trial of Jack Ruby after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.

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Photograph of courtroom sketch of L.C. Graves testifying during the Ruby trial

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03/05/1964

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Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

Object number:

2019.026.0006

Curatorial Note:

In addition to covering the Jack Ruby trial as a sketch artist for the Associated Press, artist Woodi Ishmael (1914-1995) illustrated more than thirty-five books, painted portraits of fifty-four Air Medal of Honor winners, served as artist-in-residence aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and illustrated for a number of publications, including the Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan and National Geographic. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Detective L.C. Graves recorded an oral history with the Museum on March 2, 1994. He passed away just under a year later on February 11, 1995. The suit that Detective Graves was wearing at the time of the Oswald shooting was donated by his widow to the City of Dallas. It was borrowed by The Sixth Floor Museum and displayed as part of a special exhibit, Dallas Law Enforcement: Voices from History, from November 2006 to October 2007. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Photograph of courtroom sketch of L.C. Graves testifying during the Ruby trial

Photograph of courtroom pencil sketch on paper by Associated Press courtroom artist Woodi Ishmael. The sketch shows Lt. L.C. Graves during the Jack Ruby trial on March 5, 1964. The sketch shows Lt. Graves testifying to District Attorney Henry Wade with Graves on the left and Wade in the lower right corner. In the center of the image is an interpretive sketch of two people's arms struggling over a pistol. A typed caption reads:"(DN9) Dallas, Tex., March 5-- Witness Tells of Struggle-- This sketch by Artist Woodi Ishmael depicts the scene in District Criminal Court in Dallas today as the first witness, L.C. Graves, left, a Dallas police officer, explained to District Attorney Henry Wade, right, how he grappled with Jack Ruby after Ruby had shot Lee Harvey Oswald. (AP Wirephoto Sketch)"Ishmael's signature "Woodi Ishmael" is located along the lower edge of the sketch. Ishmael made the original sketches for the Associated Press during the trial of Jack Ruby after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of courtroom sketch of L.C. Graves testifying during the Ruby trial

Date:

03/05/1964

Terms:

Trials

Photographs

Jack Ruby trial

Witnesses

Artwork

Sketches

Artist

Firearms

Pistols

Ishmael, Woodi

Graves, L. C.

Ruby, Jack

Associated Press (AP)

Dallas

Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

Object number:

2019.026.0006

Curatorial Note:

In addition to covering the Jack Ruby trial as a sketch artist for the Associated Press, artist Woodi Ishmael (1914-1995) illustrated more than thirty-five books, painted portraits of fifty-four Air Medal of Honor winners, served as artist-in-residence aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and illustrated for a number of publications, including the Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan and National Geographic. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Detective L.C. Graves recorded an oral history with the Museum on March 2, 1994. He passed away just under a year later on February 11, 1995. The suit that Detective Graves was wearing at the time of the Oswald shooting was donated by his widow to the City of Dallas. It was borrowed by The Sixth Floor Museum and displayed as part of a special exhibit, Dallas Law Enforcement: Voices from History, from November 2006 to October 2007. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator