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Image of Dallas police officers driving Jack Ruby back to the jail building
Image of Dallas police officers driving Jack Ruby back to the jail building

Image of Dallas police officers driving Jack Ruby back to the jail building

Object number2004.058.0123.0002
Datecirca 1964
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Bill Winfrey
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineBill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey showing two men driving Jack Ruby into the garage of the Dallas County Jail. Dallas County deputy sheriff Al Maddox, wearing a bow tie, is on the far left. Although the date of this photograph is unknown, the car's license plate is dated 1963.
Curatorial Commentary
Visible in the background of this photograph, across Houston Street, is Dealey Plaza. The concrete pergola on the north side of the city-owned park  can be seen on the right side of this image, including the pedestal--on the left edge of the pergola--where Abraham Zapruder stood when he shot his famous home movie of the Kennedy assassination. - Stephen Fagin, Curator