/internal/media/dispatcher/66709/fullCourtroom sketch of press interview at Jack Ruby trial dated March 6, 196403/06/196414 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)PaperChuck Fisher Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.020.00060Courtroom pen and pencil sketch on paper from Jack Ruby murder trial by Charles Fisher, with caption in bottom right corner: "Recess - Jack Ruby murder trial/ 3/6/1964." Signature: "C> Fisher" at bottom right corner of drawing, at back of third man from right.
Sketch is initially in pencil, but is traced over with pen. It shows a group of 9 men (unidentified) gathered around a door and stairs at courthouse. There are two cameras, and two flags (U.S. and Texas) flying from building. The left edge of the paper is torn, and still has the holed edge.
Charles "Chuck" Fisher was the art director at KRLD-TV in 1963. Fisher made the pencil sketches of the Jack Ruby Trial for KRLD-TV after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.Art6500243.180086360235.560071120124993Courtroom sketchCourtroom pencil sketch on paper by Charles Fisher. The sketch shows members of the press interview during the trial of Jack Ruby on March 6, 1964. The sketch shows the group of attorneys and members of the press standing directly in front of the judge's bench. A large American flag and a large Texas flag protrude from the wooden scrollwork behind the judge's bench. The caption in the bottom right reads "Recess - Jack Ruby murder trial/ 3/6/1964."
The artist's signature: "C. Fisher" is at the bottom right, underneath the sketch. Charles "Chuck" Fisher was the art director at KRLD-TV in 1963. Fisher made the pencil sketches during the trial of Jack Ruby for KRLD-TV after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.ArtistSketchesTrialsPressInterviewsAttorneyAmerican flagTexas flagArtworkJack Ruby trialFisher, CharlesKRLD-TVDallasThis sketch by KRLD-TV art director Charles Fisher was made on Friday, March 6, 1964. This day began with the screening of film footage of the Oswald shooting both out of and in the presence of the jury. This was followed by the testimony of Dallas police Captain Glen King, Sergeant Pat Dean and Carousel Club stripper Little Lynn (Karen Bennett). A telephone company employee, Ralph Templin, provided very brief testimony regarding the phone call made to Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963, that ultimately led him to the Western Union office near Dallas police headquarters. The day concluded with testimony from salesman William Serur, who offered a fascinating portrait of Jack Ruby as an unpredictable and emotional man who considered his dogs to be his children, and fellow nightclub operator William Howard. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator