Image of a Dallas Police detective outside the Texas School Book Depository
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Image of a Dallas Police detective outside the Texas School Book Depository
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows Dallas Police Detective Marvin Johnson on the steps of the Texas School Book Depository holding a Dr. Pepper bottle, a bag containing chicken bones and a cigarette package that were found on the building's sixth floor near the sniper's perch on November 22, 1963.
Image of a Dallas Police detective outside the Texas School Book Depository
11/22/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0023.0008
The paper bag in the officer's hand was found to contain chicken bones. Along with a package of Viceroy cigarettes and a Dr. Pepper bottle, the bag was found on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository near where investigators found the sniper’s perch and three spent rifle shells. Early news reports suggested the assassin ate lunch there while waiting for Kennedy to arrive. Once Oswald was arrested, Dallas Police received suggestions from the public to pump his stomach to see if he had recently eaten chicken. But investigators soon learned that the lunch had belonged to Texas School Book Depository employee Bonnie Ray Williams, who left the area around 12.15 pm and joined two coworkers on the fifth floor to watch the president's motorcade. - Gary Mack, Curator
Image of a Dallas Police detective outside the Texas School Book Depository
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows Dallas Police Detective Marvin Johnson on the steps of the Texas School Book Depository holding a Dr. Pepper bottle, a bag containing chicken bones and a cigarette package that were found on the building's sixth floor near the sniper's perch on November 22, 1963.
Image of a Dallas Police detective outside the Texas School Book Depository
11/22/1963
Evidence
Reporter
Investigations
Dr Pepper bottles
Photographs
Chicken bones
Allen, William
Johnson, Marvin
Dallas Times Herald
Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0023.0008
The paper bag in the officer's hand was found to contain chicken bones. Along with a package of Viceroy cigarettes and a Dr. Pepper bottle, the bag was found on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository near where investigators found the sniper’s perch and three spent rifle shells. Early news reports suggested the assassin ate lunch there while waiting for Kennedy to arrive. Once Oswald was arrested, Dallas Police received suggestions from the public to pump his stomach to see if he had recently eaten chicken. But investigators soon learned that the lunch had belonged to Texas School Book Depository employee Bonnie Ray Williams, who left the area around 12.15 pm and joined two coworkers on the fifth floor to watch the president's motorcade. - Gary Mack, Curator
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