Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Image of Jack Ruby in police custody

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Image of Jack Ruby in police custody

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by staff photographer Bill Winfrey from The Dallas Morning News. Jack Ruby is escorted by police through a crowd of reporters and photographers in the halls of the Dallas Police Department on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Ruby was arrested after he shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Object title:

Image of Jack Ruby in police custody

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Photographer

Police

Ruby, Jack

Winfrey, Bill

Boyd, Elmer

Hall, Guy

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:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0289.0003

Curatorial Note:

Escorting Jack Ruby in this photograph are Dallas police homicide detectives Guy Hall (foreground, wearing glasses) and Elmer Boyd (wearing cowboy hat). Boyd holds the unique distinction of having personally escorted Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby at various times during his career. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of Jack Ruby in police custody

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by staff photographer Bill Winfrey from The Dallas Morning News. Jack Ruby is escorted by police through a crowd of reporters and photographers in the halls of the Dallas Police Department on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Ruby was arrested after he shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Jack Ruby in police custody

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Photographer

Police

Ruby, Jack

Winfrey, Bill

Boyd, Elmer

Hall, Guy

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:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0289.0003

Curatorial Note:

Escorting Jack Ruby in this photograph are Dallas police homicide detectives Guy Hall (foreground, wearing glasses) and Elmer Boyd (wearing cowboy hat). Boyd holds the unique distinction of having personally escorted Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby at various times during his career. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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