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Image of members of the Warren Commission in Dealey Plaza
Image of members of the Warren Commission in Dealey Plaza

Image of members of the Warren Commission in Dealey Plaza

Object number2004.058.0392.0005
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 1/2 x 1 in. (3.8 x 2.5 cm)
Collections
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 five members of the Warren Commission standing in the middle of Elm Street in Dealey Plaza, facing in the general direction of the "grassy knoll." Warren Commission members and staff include (left to right): John McCloy, Allen Dulles, counsel David Belin, and Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr. The Commission visited the assassination scene to get a better understanding of what happened. The Texas School Book Depository is visible in the background.
Curatorial Commentary
An unidentified man is visible in the sixth floor corner window “sniper’s nest.” - Gary Mack, Curator