Holt, Rinehart & Winston Sign from the Texas School Book Depository
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Holt, Rinehart & Winston Sign from the Texas School Book Depository
Sign reading: "Holt, Rinehart & Winston." The sign is made of metal with enameled paint covering the surface. The text is cream colored on a brown background. There are three screws attached to the back that would have attached the sign to a wall, and the sign is 4" H x 35" W.This sign was recovered by Dallas County after their purchase of the former Texas School Book Depository building in 1977.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston Sign from the Texas School Book Depository
1963 - 1970
Metal, Enamel
4 x 35 in.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
1987.001.0085
Henry Holt and Company, a New York-based book publishing company, was established in 1866. In 1960 it merged with Rinehart & Company of New York and the John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia to become Holt, Rinehart & Winston. They had a regional office in the Texas School Book Depository building at the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Holt, Rinehart & Winston notably published the first major conspiracy book on the Kennedy assassination, the influential and controversial Rush to Judgment by attorney Mark Lane, in 1966. The company also published Lane's follow-up book, A Citizen's Dissent [1968], as well as researcher Henry Hurt's Reasonable Doubt [1985]. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson selected Holt, Rinehart & Winston as publisher of his 1971 memoir, The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
This object was part of the Fragments special installation on the Museum's 7th floor, on view from November 3, 2021 through July 3, 2022.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston Sign from the Texas School Book Depository
Sign reading: "Holt, Rinehart & Winston." The sign is made of metal with enameled paint covering the surface. The text is cream colored on a brown background. There are three screws attached to the back that would have attached the sign to a wall, and the sign is 4" H x 35" W.This sign was recovered by Dallas County after their purchase of the former Texas School Book Depository building in 1977.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston Sign from the Texas School Book Depository
1963 - 1970
Sign
Dallas County
Dallas County Historical Foundation
Texas School Book Depository
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Dallas
Metal, Enamel
4 x 35 in.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
1987.001.0085
Henry Holt and Company, a New York-based book publishing company, was established in 1866. In 1960 it merged with Rinehart & Company of New York and the John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia to become Holt, Rinehart & Winston. They had a regional office in the Texas School Book Depository building at the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Holt, Rinehart & Winston notably published the first major conspiracy book on the Kennedy assassination, the influential and controversial Rush to Judgment by attorney Mark Lane, in 1966. The company also published Lane's follow-up book, A Citizen's Dissent [1968], as well as researcher Henry Hurt's Reasonable Doubt [1985]. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson selected Holt, Rinehart & Winston as publisher of his 1971 memoir, The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
This object was part of the Fragments special installation on the Museum's 7th floor, on view from November 3, 2021 through July 3, 2022.
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