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Image of a Dallas Police officer outside of the Texas School Book Depository
Image of a Dallas Police officer outside of the Texas School Book Depository

Image of a Dallas Police officer outside of the Texas School Book Depository

Object number1989.100.0026.0008
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)
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen Friday afternoon after the assassination - between 12:30 and 1 p.m. This image shows a Dallas Police officer, holding a shotgun, standing in the street at the intersection of Houston and Elm streets outside the Texas School Book Depository. The Dal-Tex building and the County Records Building are visible behind him; the Book Depository building is not in the picture.