Image of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository

Object number1989.100.0024.0011

Date11/22/1963

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer William Allen

ObjectNegative (b&w)

Credit LineWilliam Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumFilm

Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

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DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository the afternoon of November 22, 1963, after the assassination. A police officer and several police motorcycles are visible near the southeast corner of the building. A corner of the Hertz sign can be seen on the roof of the building. Several windows are open on the fifth and sixth floors of the building. An unidentified man in a shirt with rolled sleeves and a tie can be seen moving boxes in the southeast corner window on the sixth floor.