Reporters interview Stanley Marcus during Jack Ruby's change-of-venue hearing
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Reporters interview Stanley Marcus during Jack Ruby's change-of-venue hearing
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. This image shows reporters interviewing Stanley Marcus, president of Neiman Marcus, at the change-of-venue hearing for Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas, in February 1964. The man on the viewer's left is Murphy Martin from ABC, and on the right is Tom Pettit from NBC.
Reporters interview Stanley Marcus during Jack Ruby's change-of-venue hearing
02/10/1964 - 02/13/1964
Film
15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.3 cm)
The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history
2014.080.0424.0004
Stanley Marcus (1905 - 2002), then president of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in Dallas, testified at a change-of-venue hearing prior to Jack Ruby's 1964 trial. Marcus had been host to United Nations Ambassador Adlai Stevenson during his visit to Dallas in October 1963. Marcus witnessed firsthand the raucous right-wing demonstration outside Memorial Auditorium following Stevenson's locally-televised speech. In the aftermath, Marcus personally urged Vice President Johnson to speak with President Kennedy about avoiding Dallas on his upcoming Texas trip. Ruby's defense attorneys hoped to use Marcus to help show that Dallas was a politically volatile environment and that Jack Ruby would not be able to receive a fair trial in the city. Ruby's request for a change of venue was ultimately denied. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Reporters interview Stanley Marcus during Jack Ruby's change-of-venue hearing
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. This image shows reporters interviewing Stanley Marcus, president of Neiman Marcus, at the change-of-venue hearing for Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas, in February 1964. The man on the viewer's left is Murphy Martin from ABC, and on the right is Tom Pettit from NBC.
Reporters interview Stanley Marcus during Jack Ruby's change-of-venue hearing
02/10/1964 - 02/13/1964
Hearing
Photographs
Jack Ruby trial
Press
Photographer
Marcus, Stanley
Pettit, Tom
Martin, Murphy
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas County Criminal Courts Building
Dallas
Film
15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.3 cm)
The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history
2014.080.0424.0004
Stanley Marcus (1905 - 2002), then president of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in Dallas, testified at a change-of-venue hearing prior to Jack Ruby's 1964 trial. Marcus had been host to United Nations Ambassador Adlai Stevenson during his visit to Dallas in October 1963. Marcus witnessed firsthand the raucous right-wing demonstration outside Memorial Auditorium following Stevenson's locally-televised speech. In the aftermath, Marcus personally urged Vice President Johnson to speak with President Kennedy about avoiding Dallas on his upcoming Texas trip. Ruby's defense attorneys hoped to use Marcus to help show that Dallas was a politically volatile environment and that Jack Ruby would not be able to receive a fair trial in the city. Ruby's request for a change of venue was ultimately denied. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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