/internal/media/dispatcher/2686/fullImage of photographers and reporters in the courthouse for the Ruby trial02/21/19642 9/16 x 2 7/16 in. (6.5 x 6.2 cm)FilmBill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.058.01840Negative on Kodak Safety Film. Labeled as negative "A". Shows several reporters behind a roped off area. All of the reporters are holding cameras.Photographs641186.19126238256.508763017528044Negative (b&w)0E-10Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows reporters behind a rope in the hallway of the courthouse where the Ruby trial was taking place. The trial was known at the time as "the trial of the century" and received an enormous amount of media attention. February 21, 1964 was the second day of jury selection.PhotographerJack Ruby trialPhotographsPressWinfrey, BillDallas County Criminal Courts BuildingThe Dallas Morning NewsDallasSheriff's deputies kept reporters and photographers behind a rope barrier as a precaution, following criticism of the Dallas Police Department for not having protected Lee Harvey Oswald from being shot in that same building. - Gary Mack, Curator