{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"11945"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Original black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image shows Dallas police chief Jesse Curry speaking to reporters at Dallas police headquarters on November 24, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. This image was taken at the press conference announcing Lee Harvey Oswald's death. Dallas Police Captain Glen King, who handled public relations for the department, is visible on the left."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"1994.003.0036.0002"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Black and white 120 film negative showing an image of Dallas Police Chief Curry talking to reporters at Dallas Police Headquarters, on November 24, 1963 after Lee Harvey Oswald was killed.  The image was taken by a photographer from The Dallas Morning News.\r\n\r\nIn the photograph, Police Chief Curry stands surrounded by reporters who hold microphones to his mouth. Curry also appears to be speaking into a microphone that he holds in his right hand. The reporters appear mostly on the right side of the image, but there a few standing behind and in front of Curry. One reporter reaches in with his microphone from over Curry's left shoulder.  On the left side of the image, a man is standing beside Curry, his head is tilted downward; a previous cataloger identified this man as Glenn D. King.\r\n\r\nBehind Curry, King and the reporters is a black wall with numbers running across the top, horizontal lines, and at least one set of vertical numbers printed in descending order; this is possibly the wall used for lining-up prisoners.\r\n \r\nThe 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.  Additionally, prints numbered 1994.003.0099, .0100, and .0175 in this collection show a similar image of Curry at the same press conference.  On the back of these three prints, a rubber stamp was applied that read, \u201cPHOTO BY TOM C. DILLARD.\u201d  This could mean that Tom Dillard was also at the press conference and took photographs, or the stamp could have been applied at a later time to another photographer\u2019s work.\r\n\r\nPhotographic negative has three corresponding prints: 1994.003.0099 - .0100, .0175."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Film"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/26308/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"26308"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry talking to reporters"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Photographs"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/26308/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Reporter","Press","Microphones","Press conference","Photographs","Beers, Jack","Oswald, Lee Harvey","King, Glen D.","Curry, Jesse E.","Dillard, Tom C.","Dallas Police Department","The Dallas Morning News","Dallas Police Headquarters","Dallas Municipal Building","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Negative (b&w)"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"11/24/1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["5.6000000000"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["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. Additionally, other prints in the collection show a similar image of Curry at the same press conference. On the back of these prints, a rubber stamp was applied that reads, \u201cPHOTO BY TOM C. DILLARD.\u201d  This could either mean that Tom Dillard was also at the press conference and took photographs or the stamp could have been applied at a later time to another photographer\u2019s work. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager","A visibly upset Dallas Police Chief Curry made a very brief announcement after Oswald was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Curry simply stated: \"Oswald expired at 1:07PM.\" An unknown reporter, apparently confused, questioned: \"He died?\" Curry then clarified: \"He died at 1:07PM. We have arrested the man. The man will be charged with murder. The suspect's name is Jack Rubenstein, I believe. He goes by the name of Jack Ruby. That's all I have to say. I have no other statement to make at this time.\" The announcement took less than thirty seconds. As he was removing a microphone from around his neck, Curry was asked to repeat his statement for the reporters who missed it initially. Curry, clearly unhappy at having to repeat himself, tersely provided the same statement almost verbatim, adding only that Jack Ruby was \"a local Dallas man.\" He ignored all other questions. Curry's full exchange with reporters at this very brief press conference took just over one minute. - Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65225"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["5.6000000000"]}}]}