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Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination
Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination

Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination

Object number1994.003.0039.0002
Date1964
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Dallas Morning News Photographer
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)
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DescriptionOriginal black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image shows the Texas School Book Depository building during the spring of 1964. The photographer stood near the western edge of Dealey Plaza looking back up Elm Street toward the Depository building. According to the Hertz sign atop the building, the time was 12:34.
Curatorial Commentary
It is unclear what Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager