/internal/media/dispatcher/17881/fullBlack and white photograph of an Oak Cliff business closed after the shooting11/22/19633 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)PaperJim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.020.00110Original b&w first-generation print showing store front window two doors from the Texas Theatre the afternoon of the assassination. Image on Kodak paper. Shows a sign that reads "Closed in Memory off J.F.K. will open sat at 8:00 AM".
Back Reads:
"11." (black ink)
In the accompanying binder, Jim Walker has written a summary of the image, which reads:
"Stores and businesses closed all over the United States within minutes of the announcement that JFK was dead .This was a film store just two doors down from the "Texas" Theater. Notice the Spelling.Photographs6350812.06502413008.255016510027358Photograph (b&w)0E-10Black and white photograph of a "closed" sign hung in an Oak Cliff business shortly after President Kennedy was assassinated. The handwritten sign reads, "Closed in Memory off J.F.K. will open sat at 8:00 AM". Photographer Jim Walker noted this was a film store a few doors down from the Texas Theatre.
Oak CliffPhotographsWalker, JimTexas TheatreDallasThis amateur photograph of a store near 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