/internal/media/dispatcher/24642/fullPhotograph of the Texas School Book Depository shortly after shots were fired11/22/19638 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)Paper, PhotoTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.003.01090Black and white photograph showing the south facade of the Texas School Book Depository building that borders Elm Street. The photograph was taken by Tom C. Dillard, Chief Photographer at The Dallas Morning News, shortly after the assassination.
The photograph was taken near the side of the building looking up so that only floors 3 through 7 are visible in the image. A corner of the Hertz sign on the roof is visible as well as a pole on the southeast corner of the roof. On the right side of the image, there is a ladder on the side of the depository.
The sniper's perch window is visible in addition to the fifth floor windows below it. Only the proper lower left window is open in the sniper's perch. The two lower windows are open on the fifth floor window directly below the sniper's perch window. A corner of a box is visible in the open sixth floor window; there are two men visible in the open fifth floor windows - Bonnie Ray Williams is on the left and on the right is Harold Norman, both were Texas School Book Depository employees.
There is another man in the fifth floor window that is to the left of the window Williams and Norman are in.
The photograph has an approximately one-quarter inch white border around the edges.
On the back of the photograph in the lower right corner a black rubber stamp has been applied that reads, "PHOTO BY TOM DILLARD".
Photograph in good condition. Some creasing in lower left corner. (JM 01/24/2019)Photographs6512125.400000000020.320000000022812Photograph (b&w)Black and white photograph showing the south facade of the Texas School Book Depository building on Elm Street in Dealey Plaza. Taken by chief photographer at The Dallas Morning News, Tom C. Dillard, moments after shots were fired. Dillard was riding in a press car in the presidential motorcade.
Only the top five floors of the building are visible. A corner of the Hertz sign on the roof is visible on the southeast corner of the roof. The building fire escape can be seen on the right side of the image.
A corner of a box is visible in the open sixth floor corner window; there are two men visible in the open fifth floor windows - Bonnie Ray Williams on the left and Harold Norman on the right. Both were Texas School Book Depository employees.
There is another man visible in the fifth floor window to the left of Williams and Norman.
On the back of the photograph in the lower right corner a black rubber stamp has been applied that reads, "PHOTO BY TOM DILLARD".WindowsSniper's perchPhotographerAssassinationWitnessesPhotographsWilliams, Bonnie RayNorman, HaroldDillard, Tom C.Texas School Book DepositoryThe Dallas Morning NewsDallas Times HeraldDallasTom Dillard, chief photographer at The Dallas Morning News, was traveling in Camera Car #3 in the Dallas parade, eight vehicles behind the presidential limousine. Seated behind Dillard in the car was his friend and professional competitor, Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Bob Jackson. When the assassination took place, as their vehicle made its way toward the Houston and Elm intersection with the Texas School Book Depository in front of them, Jackson saw a rifle extended from the southeast corner window of the Depository's sixth floor. Jackson's camera was out of film, but upon hearing his friend remark that he saw a rifle, Tom Dillard raised his Leica camera and took this haunting black and white photograph of the Depository. No rifle is visible, but Depository employees Harold Norman, James Jarman, Jr. and Bonnie Ray Williams can be seen on the fifth floor. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThis object is featured in the Museum's special exhibit, "On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963," which opened on April 29, 2026.