Photograph of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository building
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Photograph of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository building
Black and white photographic print of the exterior of the south side of the Texas School Book Depository building. The photo was taken in November 1963 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as evidence in the days following the assassination of President Kennedy. The photograph shows the third through seventh floors of the building and part of the Hertz sign on the roof. The tops of two trees are visible at the bottom of the photo and part of the Dal-Tex building is visible on the right edge of the image.
Photograph of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository building
November 1963
Paper
3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm)
Nat Pinkston Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2003.006.0030
This FBI photographic print was in the personal collection of retired agent Nat A. Pinkston (1915-2011). Pinkston was a Dallas attorney prior to joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He retired from the Dallas FBI office in 1967 after twenty-eight years of service. Pinkston was involved in the local assassination investigation, notably tracing ownership of the Mannlicher-Carcano found in the Depository to employee Lee Harvey Oswald. He was also dispatched to the Texas School Book Depository on December 2, 1963, after Lee Harvey Oswald's clipboard was discovered in the northwest corner of the sixth floor near where the rifle had been found shortly after the assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
As clearly seen in this photograph, a number of windows on the south side of the Texas School Book Depository sported painted circles in 1963. Over the years, these circles have frequently been misunderstood. Even though there are at least ten circles visible here, many tourists at the time mistakenly assumed that one marked the "assassin's window." However, the southeast corner window on the sixth floor never had such a circle. One conspiracy theory even suggested that the mysterious circles may have been used to pinpoint sniper positions at the time of the assassination. In reality, these circles were simply indicators used by the Dallas Fire Department to show where ladder trucks could access the various floors in case of fire. In the 1960s, a number of downtown buildings had similar circles painted on windows. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Photograph of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository building
Black and white photographic print of the exterior of the south side of the Texas School Book Depository building. The photo was taken in November 1963 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as evidence in the days following the assassination of President Kennedy. The photograph shows the third through seventh floors of the building and part of the Hertz sign on the roof. The tops of two trees are visible at the bottom of the photo and part of the Dal-Tex building is visible on the right edge of the image.
Photograph of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository building
November 1963
Hertz sign
Photographs
Evidence
Windows
Investigations
Pinkston, Nat A.
Texas School Book Depository
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dallas
Paper
3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm)
Nat Pinkston Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2003.006.0030
This FBI photographic print was in the personal collection of retired agent Nat A. Pinkston (1915-2011). Pinkston was a Dallas attorney prior to joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He retired from the Dallas FBI office in 1967 after twenty-eight years of service. Pinkston was involved in the local assassination investigation, notably tracing ownership of the Mannlicher-Carcano found in the Depository to employee Lee Harvey Oswald. He was also dispatched to the Texas School Book Depository on December 2, 1963, after Lee Harvey Oswald's clipboard was discovered in the northwest corner of the sixth floor near where the rifle had been found shortly after the assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
As clearly seen in this photograph, a number of windows on the south side of the Texas School Book Depository sported painted circles in 1963. Over the years, these circles have frequently been misunderstood. Even though there are at least ten circles visible here, many tourists at the time mistakenly assumed that one marked the "assassin's window." However, the southeast corner window on the sixth floor never had such a circle. One conspiracy theory even suggested that the mysterious circles may have been used to pinpoint sniper positions at the time of the assassination. In reality, these circles were simply indicators used by the Dallas Fire Department to show where ladder trucks could access the various floors in case of fire. In the 1960s, a number of downtown buildings had similar circles painted on windows. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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