/internal/media/dispatcher/9855/fullImage of Dealey Plaza with Old Red Courthouse in backgroundApril 19642 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)FilmRobert Russell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1999.034.0014035mm color slide showing the Dealey Plaza, the Old Red Courthouse and the George Allen Courts building under construction. The photograph was taken from the North side of Dealey Plaza and part of Elm Street is visible in the foreground.
Cardboard carrier has "Kodachrome Transparency, Processed by Kodak" printed on one side and "15, Apr 64D" printed on the other side.Photographs662105.08000000005.080000000020100SlideOriginal 35mm color slide on Kodak Kodachrome Transparency Film taken by an unknown photographer. For months following the assassination, people would gather in Dealey Plaza to photograph the location. Image shows Dealey Plaza, Elm Street, and Main Street with the Old Red Courthouse and George Allen Courts building under construction in the background.Dealey PlazaPhotographsElm StreetMain StreetOld Red CourthouseTexas Court of Criminal AppealsDallasModern visitors to Dealey Plaza might notice that the Old Red Courthouse was missing a key architectural feature at the time of the assassination. A 90-foot sandstone and granite bell tower was part of the original structure built in the 1890s. Within a few decades it was determined that the ornate tower was too heavy for the courthouse, and it was removed in 1919. Some 88 years later in 2007 (and 44 years after the Kennedy assassination), a lighter weight replica bell tower supported by a steel structure was installed atop the Old Red Courthouse. - Stephen Fagin, Curator