/internal/media/dispatcher/26288/fullImage of reporters in hallway of Dallas Police Department Headquarters11/24/19632 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)FilmTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.003.0033.00020Black and white 120 film negative showing an image of reporters in a hallway at Dallas Police Headquarters, probably on November 24, 1963. The image was taken by a photographer from The Dallas Morning News.
In the photograph there are multiple men, probably reporters, gathered in a hallway at Dallas Police Headquarters. Two television cameras can be seen in the image, one clearly marked as belonging to WBAP-TV, Channel 5, NBC. A police officer (identifiable by his hat) can be seen next to one of the cameras left of center.
Three men clustered near the bottom center of the image appear to be in conversation. One of them facing toward the camera is holding the stub of a cigar and smiling.
The Dallas Morning News photographers recounted where they were throughout the day on November 22, 1963, and some also related their locations in the following days and months when they were photographing events related to the assassination (such as Lee Harvey Oswald’s transfer or the Jack Ruby Trial). Their descriptions can be found in the Belo Collection at SMU; The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza's reading room has copies of these accounts available upon request. In cases where the specific photographer who took an image is not known, the potential photographers can be narrowed down to those who said they were at the image’s location. For this image, Jack Beers was the only photographer who reported being present when the photograph was taken, but there could have been another photographer who was present and did not write about the event in their record.Photographs655485.60000000005.600000000011937Negative (b&w)0E-10Original black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image shows reporters in a hallway at Dallas police headquarters on November 24, 1963. Two television cameras can be seen in the image, one clearly marked as belonging to WBAP-TV, Channel 5, NBC. A police officer can be seen next to one of the cameras left of center.PoliceReporterPressPhotographsBeers, JackThe Dallas Morning NewsNBCWBAP RadioDallas Police HeadquartersDallas Municipal BuildingDallas Police DepartmentDallasJack Beers was the only photographer who reported being present when the photograph was taken, but there could have been another photographer who was present and did not write about the event in their record. - Stephanie Allen-GIvens, Collections and Exhibits ManagerIn their 1964 Report, the Warren Commission described the third floor of Dallas police headquarters like this: "The focal center of the Police and Courts Building during Oswald's detention was the third floor, which housed the main offices of the Dallas Police Department. The public elevators on this floor opened into a lobby midpoint of a corridor that extended along the length of the floor for about 140 feet. At one end of this 7-foot-wide corridor were the offices occupied by Chief of Police Jesse E. Curry and his immediate subordinates; at the other end was a small pressroom that could accommodate only a handful of reporters. Along this corridor were other police offices, including those of the major detective bureaus. Between the pressroom and the lobby was the complex of offices belonging to the homicide and robbery bureau, headed by Capt. J. Will Fritz." Warren Commission Exhibit No. 2175 is a third floor layout of Dallas police headquarters. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator