Dallas Times Herald newspaper from the day of the assassination
Object number1989.114.0194
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsNewspapers & Magazines
ObjectNewspaper
Credit LineJohn E. Sissom Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumNewsprint
Dimensions22 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (57.9 x 38.5 cm)
Terms
- Presidency
- Suspects
- Newspapers
- Trip to Texas
- Rifles
- Assassination
- Allen, William
- Kennedy, John F.
- Johnson, Lyndon B.
- Connally, John
- Oswald, Lee Harvey
- Jackson, Bob
- Hill, Gerald "Jerry"
- Decker, Bill
- Dallas Times Herald
- Love Field
- John F. Kennedy Museum (Dallas)
- American Fact-Finding Committee
- Parkland Hospital
- Texas School Book Depository
- Dallas Police Department
- Dallas
Collections
- "On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963"
- All Online Objects
DescriptionFinal edition of the Dallas Times Herald Newspaper, published on November 22, 1963. The front-page headline reads, "Suspect Arrested," followed by "President Dead, Connally Shot," with an additional subheading: "Johnson Assumes Office." The large photograph on the front page shows President Kennedy greeting the crowd at Dallas Love Field. The smaller image shows Lyndon B. Johnson, with the caption, "Lyndon Johnson Succeeds Kennedy." The front-page article summarizes the assassination and subsequent events, including Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest, Lyndon Johnson's swearing-in, scenes at Parkland Hospital, and the start of the police investigation.
Felix McKnight
11/22/1963
