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Image of a Tarrant County deputy sheriff and Governor Connally in Fort Worth
Image of a Tarrant County deputy sheriff and Governor Connally in Fort Worth

Image of a Tarrant County deputy sheriff and Governor Connally in Fort Worth

Object number1989.100.0001.0006
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer William Allen
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineWilliam Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows Tarrant County deputy sheriff Raymond "Sonny" Fisher atop his horse greeting Governor John Connally outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Curatorial Commentary
The deputy sheriff in this photograph is Raymond "Sonny" Fisher, riding his personal horse, Snuffy.  Fisher, at the time, was the only full-time Tarrant County deputy sheriff on horseback.  Despite his youthful appearance, he was in charge of all the other law enforcement seen on horseback outside the Hotel Texas.  Fisher recorded a videotaped oral history in 2009 and has also participated in educational programming at the Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Curator