Holt, Rinehart & Winston Sign from the Texas School Book Depository

Object number1987.001.0085

Date1963 - 1970

ClassificationsArtifacts

Creator Holt, Rinehart and Winston

ObjectSign

Credit LineThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

MediumMetal, Enamel

Dimensions4 x 35 in.

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DescriptionSign reading: "Holt, Rinehart & Winston." The sign is made of metal with enameled paint covering the surface. The text is cream colored on a brown background. There are three screws attached to the back that would have attached the sign to a wall, and the sign is 4" H x 35" W. This sign was recovered by Dallas County after their purchase of the former Texas School Book Depository building in 1977.

Curatorial Commentary

Henry Holt and Company, a New York-based book publishing company, was established in 1866. In 1960 it merged with Rinehart & Company of New York and the John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia to become Holt, Rinehart & Winston. They had a regional office in the Texas School Book Depository building at the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

Curatorial Commentary

Holt, Rinehart & Winston notably published the first major conspiracy book on the Kennedy assassination, the influential and controversial Rush to Judgment by attorney Mark Lane, in 1966. The company also published Lane's follow-up book, A Citizen's Dissent [1968], as well as researcher Henry Hurt's Reasonable Doubt [1985]. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson selected Holt, Rinehart & Winston as publisher of his 1971 memoir, The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

This object was part of the Fragments special installation on the Museum's 7th floor, on view from November 3, 2021 through July 3, 2022.