/internal/media/dispatcher/26662/fullImage of the Texas School Book Depository taken from east side of Houston Street11/23/19632 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 Plaza1994.003.0042.00020Black and white 120mm negative showing an image of the Texas School Book Depository taken from across Houston Street. The image was taken by a photographer from The Dallas Morning News.
To take the image, the photographer was standing up Houston Street from the intersection of Elm and Houston streets and on the opposite side of the road from the depository. The Elm Street entrance can be seen, including the Texas School Book Depository sign that hangs over the door. Some boxes can be seen through the sniper's window, and the lower left sniper's window is open.
The edge of Dealey Plaza is visible on the middle of the left side; a small group of people stand beneath the tree and stoplight on this side. There are several cars crossing Houston on Elm Street.
There are three cars parked on the lower right side.Photographs655615.60000000005.600000000011969Negative (b&w)0E-10Original black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image shows the Texas School Book Depository building on November 23, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The photographer stood on the east side of Houston Street, across the street from Dealey Plaza looking toward the Depository building.Houston StreetElm StreetDealey PlazaSniper's perchPhotographsDillard, Tom C.Texas School Book DepositoryThe Dallas Morning NewsDallasIt is unclear what Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager