/internal/media/dispatcher/1731/fullImage of the Texas School Book Depository two weeks after the assassination12/05/19634 x 5 in. (10.2 x 12.7 cm)FilmDallas County Sheriff's Department Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2005.010.01780Negative showing the side facing Elm St. of the Texas School Book Depository building. Shows a sign on top of the building that reads "Hertz; Time Temp.; (Che)vrolets". Shows a sign at the front doors of the building that reads
"Texas School Book Depository". Shows several people at the bottom of the photo. Shows a truck that reads "U.S. Mail". Shows a stop light on the bottom right of the photo. On the edge of the negative reads "Kodak--Sºafety--Film".Photographs6526312.700025400110.160020320027253Negative (b&w)0E-10Black and white 4x5" negative of the south face of the Texas School Book Depository from a vantage in Dealey Plaza; the Hertz sign is visible atop the building. Taken by the Dallas County Sheriff's Department two weeks after the assassination.Hertz signInvestigationsPhotographsDealey PlazaDallas County Sheriff's DepartmentTexas School Book DepositoryDallasThese black and white photographs of the Texas School Book Depository building were part of the investigative file of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department. Deputy sheriffs were dispatched approximately two weeks after the assassination to thoroughly photograph the exterior of the Depository from all sides. Today these seldom-published images offer a unique period glimpse at the full structure, including the fire stairs, entry signage, and loading dock. - Stephen Fagin, Curator