Photo of Lee Harvey Oswald moments before he was shot by Jack Ruby

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Black and white photographic print by Dallas Morning News photographer Jack Beers. Image shows Lee Harvey Oswald moments before he was shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas Police Department Headquarters during his jail transfer on November 24, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald appears walking between Dallas Police officers Jim Leavelle and L.C. Graves. In the lower right corner, Jack Ruby is seen lurching forward with his .38 Colt Cobra Revolver in his right hand, aiming directly at Oswald.

Object Details

Object title:

Photo of Lee Harvey Oswald moments before he was shot by Jack Ruby

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Photographer

Police

Pistols

Firearms

Photographs

Basement

Leavelle, Jim

Graves, L. C.

Ruby, Jack

Beers, Jack

Oswald, Lee Harvey

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Police Department

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

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:

1994.003.0120

Curatorial Note:

Dallas Morning News photographer Jack Beers took this image six-tenths of a second before rival photographer Bob Jackson of the Dallas Times Herald snapped the iconic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald reacting to the fatal gunshot by Jack Ruby. Jackson's photo ultimately won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for News Photography. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator