Image of the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository
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Image of the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository
Original 35mm color slide of the sixth-floor corner window of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas. The image was taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss on Sunday, November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of President Kennedy. The image is centered on the sniper's perch window in the southeast corner of the sixth floor. A corner of the Hertz sign can be seen atop the building.
Image of the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository
11/24/1963
Cardboard, Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.006.0026
After the assassination, Rudy and Vera Clauss apparently visited Dealey Plaza around noon on Saturday, November 23, where they took a series of photographs (2018.006.17 to 2018.006.24). They then returned the following afternoon on Sunday, November 24, to take additional photographs (2018.006.0025 to 2018.006.0038) as well as an 8mm home movie (2018.006.0001). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository
Original 35mm color slide of the sixth-floor corner window of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas. The image was taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss on Sunday, November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of President Kennedy. The image is centered on the sniper's perch window in the southeast corner of the sixth floor. A corner of the Hertz sign can be seen atop the building.
Image of the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository
11/24/1963
Photographs
Hertz sign
Windows
Sniper's perch
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Cardboard, Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.006.0026
After the assassination, Rudy and Vera Clauss apparently visited Dealey Plaza around noon on Saturday, November 23, where they took a series of photographs (2018.006.17 to 2018.006.24). They then returned the following afternoon on Sunday, November 24, to take additional photographs (2018.006.0025 to 2018.006.0038) as well as an 8mm home movie (2018.006.0001). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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