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Black and white photograph of the NW staircase on the sixth floor of the TSBD
Black and white photograph of the NW staircase on the sixth floor of the TSBD

Black and white photograph of the NW staircase on the sixth floor of the TSBD

Object number1989.044.0024
Date01/26/1988
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Eugene George
ObjectPhotograph (b&w)
Credit LineEugene George Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper
Dimensions4 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (10.5 x 13.3 cm)
Collections
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the northwest stairway on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building before renovations began in the 1980s. The photograph shows the entrance to the stairs on the left side with a wooden wall and structure at the center. Photograph has a white border around the image with "Stairway" written sideways on the lower right corner.
Curatorial Commentary

This northwest corner of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository was one of two evidentiary areas that was recreated, based on Dallas Police Department crime scene photographs, to its appearance on November 22, 1963 for The Sixth Floor Exhibit that opened in February 1989. 

At 1:12PM on November 22, 1963, investigators with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department found a rifle in this area, just ten minutes after officials found rifle shells behind barricade of boxes in the southeast corner of the sixth floor. - Stephen Fagin, Curator