/internal/media/dispatcher/30106/fullPhotograph of jail cells in the Dallas Criminal Courts Building in 199703/19/19974 3/4 × 6 in. (12.1 × 15.2 cm)PaperLloyd Henderson Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1997.043.00100This color photograph printed on Kodak paper from an album was taken on March 19, 1997 during a tour of the Criminal Courts Building located on the northeast corner of Main Street and Houston Street, across from Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The photograph shows on the left a locked steel box containing levers for opening and closing all cell doors simultaneously.
The description label has black printed text reading:
"Photo 10: This shot gives the viewer some idea as to why this jail was referred to as a 'building within a building'. On the left is a locked steel box containing levers for opening and closing all cell doors simultaneously. There are about 10 cells to a row."
This photo album has a silver cardboard cover, and bound with a plastic binding clip. All photographs are adhered to a plastic holder made to fit specifically inside this brand of album. Each photograph has a corresponding description printed on an adhesive label, and stuck to the backs of the previous photo (so that one may look at the image and read the label).Photographs6499315.240030480112.065024130016644Photograph (color)Original color photograph of jail cells in the Dallas Criminal Courts Building in 1997. The picture was taken by C. Judson Shook during a tour of the jail. Shook was a former Director of Public Works for Dallas County and was instrumental in the preservation of the former Texas School Book Depository building. On the left side of the image is a locked steel box containing levers for opening and closing all cell doors simultaneously; there were about ten cells in a row.
The Criminal Courts Building is located on the northeast corner of Main and Houston streets, across from Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas. Jack Ruby, tried and found guilty of the murder of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, spent his years in jail in this building.Jack Ruby trialPhotographsHenderson, LloydRuby, JackShook, C. JudsonDallas CountyDallas County Historical CommissionDallas County Criminal Courts BuildingDallas County JailDallas