Color photo of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor corner window
Back
Color photo of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor corner window
Color photographic print on Kodak paper taken by amateur photographer Spaulding Jones of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor southeast corner window of the Texas School Book Depository building. According to a handwritten note on the reverse on the print, the image was taken on the afternoon of either November 26 or November 27, 1963. However, the complete absence of flowers in Dealey Plaza and the presence of a bare patch of grass where flowers had been placed suggests that this photograph may have been taken at least one week following the assassination. The image shows a view of Dealey Plaza and Elm Street facing west, and the triple underpass, Commerce Street, and Main Street can be seen in the background.
Color photo of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor corner window
11/26/1963 - 11/30/1963
Paper
3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.3 × 12.1 cm)
Spaulding Jones Family Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2012.065.0006
As the regional manager for Macmillan and Company publishers, Spaulding Jones had an office on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building in 1963. According to an oral history recorded in 1996, Mr. Jones believed that he encountered Lee Harvey Oswald on the morning of the assassination. Jones, who was with his two daughters at the Depository that day, recalled, "About the time I walked in and we were walking over to the elevator, another person walked in and took the elevator up with us. And he was just a person who worked in that Depository, and he did not go to the same floor that I did. He went to the third floor; I believe it was the third floor, but I'm not sure. I know that he went up with us on the elevator. And I just recognized him as one of the workers. Later on, I found out that that was Lee Harvey Oswald." Jones had intended to bring his 35mm camera with him to the office that day, but he accidentally left it at home. According to his oral history, he took his camera to the Depository the next morning, on Saturday, November 23, and went to the sixth floor to photograph the crime scenes. He recalled being challenged by law enforcement and was told that he was not allowed on the sixth floor. He recalled, "And I said, 'This is my building, and I can go anywhere that I want.' And they let me go." Based on the different handwritten dates on the backs of his photo prints and the presence and then absence of flowers in Dealey Plaza, Jones apparently ventured to the sixth floor with his camera on multiple occasions. His are the only known color photographs taken of the sniper's perch and rifle location during the weekend of the assassination. Mr. Jones passed away on July 2, 1997, at the age of 73. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Spaulding Jones took these photos in the days following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. For more information see Spaulding Jones' oral history recorded on April 6, 1996 (1996.055.0007). - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Color photo of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor corner window
Color photographic print on Kodak paper taken by amateur photographer Spaulding Jones of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor southeast corner window of the Texas School Book Depository building. According to a handwritten note on the reverse on the print, the image was taken on the afternoon of either November 26 or November 27, 1963. However, the complete absence of flowers in Dealey Plaza and the presence of a bare patch of grass where flowers had been placed suggests that this photograph may have been taken at least one week following the assassination. The image shows a view of Dealey Plaza and Elm Street facing west, and the triple underpass, Commerce Street, and Main Street can be seen in the background.
Color photo of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor corner window
11/26/1963 - 11/30/1963
Photographs
Windows
Elm Street
Sniper's perch
Dealey Plaza
Triple underpass
Commerce Street
Main Street
Jones, Spaulding
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Paper
3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.3 × 12.1 cm)
Spaulding Jones Family Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2012.065.0006
As the regional manager for Macmillan and Company publishers, Spaulding Jones had an office on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building in 1963. According to an oral history recorded in 1996, Mr. Jones believed that he encountered Lee Harvey Oswald on the morning of the assassination. Jones, who was with his two daughters at the Depository that day, recalled, "About the time I walked in and we were walking over to the elevator, another person walked in and took the elevator up with us. And he was just a person who worked in that Depository, and he did not go to the same floor that I did. He went to the third floor; I believe it was the third floor, but I'm not sure. I know that he went up with us on the elevator. And I just recognized him as one of the workers. Later on, I found out that that was Lee Harvey Oswald." Jones had intended to bring his 35mm camera with him to the office that day, but he accidentally left it at home. According to his oral history, he took his camera to the Depository the next morning, on Saturday, November 23, and went to the sixth floor to photograph the crime scenes. He recalled being challenged by law enforcement and was told that he was not allowed on the sixth floor. He recalled, "And I said, 'This is my building, and I can go anywhere that I want.' And they let me go." Based on the different handwritten dates on the backs of his photo prints and the presence and then absence of flowers in Dealey Plaza, Jones apparently ventured to the sixth floor with his camera on multiple occasions. His are the only known color photographs taken of the sniper's perch and rifle location during the weekend of the assassination. Mr. Jones passed away on July 2, 1997, at the age of 73. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Spaulding Jones took these photos in the days following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. For more information see Spaulding Jones' oral history recorded on April 6, 1996 (1996.055.0007). - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Related objects
Color slide #01 of inside view of window in Texas School Book Depository
1963 - 1972
Color slide #03 of view of Houston Street and Elm Street intersection
1963 - 1972
Color photo of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sixth floor corner window
11/26/1963 - 11/27/1963
Photo of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sniper's perch window
11/22/1963
