Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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

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Photo of the sniper's perch on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

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Photo of the sniper's perch on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

Black and white photographic print by Dallas Morning News photographer Jack Beers. Image shows the sniper's perch area on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The sixth floor window can be seen on the right, and a wall of cardboard textbook boxes can be seen on the left. Of the three stacked boxes in the center of the frame, the top two boxes have "TEN ROLLING READERS" printed on their sides.

Object Details
Object title:

Photo of the sniper's perch on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Sniper's perch

Boxes

Evidence

Windows

Photographs

Beers, Jack

The Dallas Morning News

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0117

Curatorial Note:

It is unclear which Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. Stored with this image is another photograph that was taken on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository that does have photographer Jack Beers' name stamped on it. This photograph could also be Jack Beers' work or it could have been taken by another Dallas Morning News staff photographer. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

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Photo of the sniper's perch on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

Black and white photographic print by Dallas Morning News photographer Jack Beers. Image shows the sniper's perch area on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The sixth floor window can be seen on the right, and a wall of cardboard textbook boxes can be seen on the left. Of the three stacked boxes in the center of the frame, the top two boxes have "TEN ROLLING READERS" printed on their sides.

Object Details
Object title:

Photo of the sniper's perch on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Sniper's perch

Boxes

Evidence

Windows

Photographs

Beers, Jack

The Dallas Morning News

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0117

Curatorial Note:

It is unclear which Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. Stored with this image is another photograph that was taken on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository that does have photographer Jack Beers' name stamped on it. This photograph could also be Jack Beers' work or it could have been taken by another Dallas Morning News staff photographer. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

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