/internal/media/dispatcher/17879/fullBlack and white photograph of the box office of the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff11/22/19633 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)PaperJim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.020.00100Original b&w first-generation print showing the ticket window of the Texas Theatre and cashier Julia Postal the afternoon of the assassination. Image on Kodak paper. It has a sign that reads "Closed due to the President's death".
Back Reads:
"10." (black ink)
"Same theater closed in honor of Pres. Kennedy" (blue ink)
In the accompanying binder, Jim Walker has written a summary of the image, which reads:
"Mrs. Julia Postal"
"In this photograph, Mrs. Postal is closing up the box office at the "Texas" Theater following the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. I found Mrs. Postal via the computer, living in Bay City, Texas a few years ago. I went down to see her to give her this photo. Sadly, she had died the previous year."Photographs6350712.06502413008.255016510027357Photograph (b&w)0E-10Black and white photograph of the box office at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. A sign has been hung in the window reading "Closed due to the president's death" and employee Julia Postal can be seen through the glass. Mrs. Postal was working in the box office a few hours earlier when suspect Lee Harvey Oswald ran inside without paying, and she was there shortly after when Oswald was arrested.Oak CliffArrestPhotographsWalker, JimOswald, Lee HarveyPostal, JuliaTexas TheatreDallasThis amateur photograph of the box office at the Texas Theatre was taken by Jim Walker, a mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza. Walker took photos of the motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Street. Following the assassination, he also photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and outside the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Mr. Walker, who donated all of his images to the Museum in 2006, recorded an oral history about his experiences on June 6, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator