Image of members of the Warren Commission looking at sixth floor window
Object number2004.058.0390.0004
Date5/9/1964
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer
Bill Winfrey
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineBill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions1 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 3.8 cm)
DescriptionOriginal black and white 35mm negative on Kodak Tri X Pan Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey on May 9, 1964. The image shows members of the Warren Commission standing in Dealey Plaza at the corner of Elm and Houston streets, looking up at the sixth floor southeast corner window of the Texas School Book Depository building (which is out of frame). Warren Commission members and staff include (left to right): Allen Dulles, unidentified, John Sherman Cooper, John McCloy, assistant counsel David Belin, Texas attorney general Waggoner Carr, and unidentified.
The Commission visited the assassination scene to get a better understanding of what happened.
The Dallas County Criminal Court building and Old Red Courthouse are visible in the background.
Bill Winfrey
12/23/1963 - 03/14/1964