Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Lee Harvey Oswald, surrounded by police detectives, during the midnight press showing at the Dallas Police Department headquarters. Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Crowds

Cameras

Microphones

Detectives

Midnight press conference

Police

Photographs

Reporter

Heikes, Darryl

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Dallas Times Herald

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas Police Department

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0038.0004

Curatorial Note:

The three homicide detectives in light-colored cowboy hats surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald are, from left to right, Guy Hall, Richard Sims and Elmer Boyd. Guy Hall's widow, Maureece Hall, as well as Detectives Sims and Boyd all recorded oral histories with the Museum in 2007. Following the death of Jim Leavelle in 2019, as of October 2021, Elmer Boyd is the last surviving Dallas police homicide detective from the time of the Kennedy assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Lee Harvey Oswald, surrounded by police detectives, during the midnight press showing at the Dallas Police Department headquarters. Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Crowds

Cameras

Microphones

Detectives

Midnight press conference

Police

Photographs

Reporter

Heikes, Darryl

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Dallas Times Herald

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0038.0004

Curatorial Note:

The three homicide detectives in light-colored cowboy hats surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald are, from left to right, Guy Hall, Richard Sims and Elmer Boyd. Guy Hall's widow, Maureece Hall, as well as Detectives Sims and Boyd all recorded oral histories with the Museum in 2007. Following the death of Jim Leavelle in 2019, as of October 2021, Elmer Boyd is the last surviving Dallas police homicide detective from the time of the Kennedy assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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