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Photo of a press conference interviewing an unknown man during the Ruby trial
Photo of a press conference interviewing an unknown man during the Ruby trial

Photo of a press conference interviewing an unknown man during the Ruby trial

Object number1994.003.0149
DateDecember 1963 - March 1964
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Tom C. Dillard
ObjectPhotograph (b&w)
Credit LineTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper, Photo
Dimensions10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Collections
DescriptionBlack and white photographic print by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image is of a press conference with an unknown man conducting an interview during the Jack Ruby trial. The man is turned away from the camera while reporters surround him.
Curatorial Commentary
If you know the identity of this individual being interviewed during the Jack Ruby trial in Dallas, please contact the Museum at oralhistory@jfk.org. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
The man whose full head can be seen in the far left center of this photograph is WFAA-TV assistant news director and chief photographer Bert Shipp. Shipp was at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963, and went to Parkland Memorial Hospital after learning of the assassination. He played a significant role behind the camera and even on camera in the WFAA-TV studio during that fateful weekend. Shipp, who passed away in 2015, recorded the Museum's very first videotaped oral history interview in 1992. - Stephen Fagin, Curator