Black and white photograph of flag at half-staff hours after the assassination

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Black and white photograph showing an American flag at half-staff at the Oak Cliff post office in Dallas. The photograph was taken by Jim Walker a few hours after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Object Details

Object title:

Black and white photograph of flag at half-staff hours after the assassination

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Oak Cliff

Photographs

Flag

Walker, Jim

U.S. Postal Service

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)

Credit line:

Jim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.020.0012

Curatorial Note:

This amateur photograph of a flag at half-staff was taken by Jim Walker, a mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza. Walker took photos of the motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Street. Following the assassination, he also photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and outside the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Mr. Walker, who donated all of his images to the Museum in 2006, recorded an oral history about his experiences on June 6, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator