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Image of Dallas Police officers at Parkland after the death of Lee Harvey Oswald
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows Dallas Police officers guarding a doorway at Parkland Hospital after the death of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. The officer on the left is Weldon E. "Rusty" Robbins.The images on this negative strip were taken by one of two Dallas Times Herald staff photographers at Parkland Hospital that day: Andy Hanson or Eamon Kennedy. It is unknown which of the two men took these pictures.
Image of Dallas Police officers at Parkland after the death of Lee Harvey Oswald
11/24/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0045.0008
The Dallas police officer on the left, holding the shotgun, is Weldon E. "Rusty" Robbins. Robbins, an acquaintance of Jack Ruby, had worked crowd control on Main Street during the presidential motorcade on Friday. He was sent to Parkland Memorial Hospital on guard duty shortly after the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Robbins recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2003. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of Dallas Police officers at Parkland after the death of Lee Harvey Oswald
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows Dallas Police officers guarding a doorway at Parkland Hospital after the death of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. The officer on the left is Weldon E. "Rusty" Robbins.The images on this negative strip were taken by one of two Dallas Times Herald staff photographers at Parkland Hospital that day: Andy Hanson or Eamon Kennedy. It is unknown which of the two men took these pictures.
Image of Dallas Police officers at Parkland after the death of Lee Harvey Oswald
11/24/1963
Police
Photographs
Hanson, Andrew "Andy"
Kennedy, Eamon
Robbins, Weldon E. "Rusty"
Dallas Times Herald
Parkland Hospital
Dallas Police Department
Dallas
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0045.0008
The Dallas police officer on the left, holding the shotgun, is Weldon E. "Rusty" Robbins. Robbins, an acquaintance of Jack Ruby, had worked crowd control on Main Street during the presidential motorcade on Friday. He was sent to Parkland Memorial Hospital on guard duty shortly after the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Robbins recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2003. - Stephen Fagin, Curator