Image 7 from Negative Strip 32: Downtown of a man walking past a road parking sign with a newspaper in hand
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Image 7 from Negative Strip 32: Downtown of a man walking past a road parking sign with a newspaper in hand
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Beal. This image shows an unidentified man walking in downtown Dallas on Commerce Street on the evening of November 22, 1963. The man is carrying a newspaper announcing the death of President Kennedy. The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. This image is labeled #7 on section 1 of negative strip 32.The old TMS record for the images on this negative strip indicate that the photographer was William Beal. Based on research conducted by collections intern Mark Davies in June and July 2012, curatorial and collections staff concluded that Beal did indeed take these pictures. He was accompanied by journalist Vivien Caslteberry, whose oral history confirms him as the photographer. (Lindsey Richardson, 8/6/13)Unidentified man with newspaper announcing JFK's death on Commerce Street near the Adolphus Hotel
Image 7 from Negative Strip 32: Downtown of a man walking past a road parking sign with a newspaper in hand
11/22/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Bill Beal, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0032.0004
Image 7 from Negative Strip 32: Downtown of a man walking past a road parking sign with a newspaper in hand
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Beal. This image shows an unidentified man walking in downtown Dallas on Commerce Street on the evening of November 22, 1963. The man is carrying a newspaper announcing the death of President Kennedy. The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. This image is labeled #7 on section 1 of negative strip 32.The old TMS record for the images on this negative strip indicate that the photographer was William Beal. Based on research conducted by collections intern Mark Davies in June and July 2012, curatorial and collections staff concluded that Beal did indeed take these pictures. He was accompanied by journalist Vivien Caslteberry, whose oral history confirms him as the photographer. (Lindsey Richardson, 8/6/13)Unidentified man with newspaper announcing JFK's death on Commerce Street near the Adolphus Hotel
Image 7 from Negative Strip 32: Downtown of a man walking past a road parking sign with a newspaper in hand
11/22/1963
Photographs
Newspapers
Downtown Dallas
Baker Hotel
Continental Airlines
Commerce Street
Dallas Times Herald
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Bill Beal, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0032.0004
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