Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Object number1989.100.0038.0004

Date11/23/1963

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Dallas Times Herald photographer

ObjectNegative (b&w)

Credit LineDallas 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 an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Lee Harvey Oswald, surrounded by police detectives, during the midnight press showing at the Dallas Police Department headquarters. Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.

Curatorial Commentary

The three homicide detectives in light-colored cowboy hats surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald are, from left to right, Guy Hall, Richard Sims and Elmer Boyd. Guy Hall's widow, Maureece Hall, as well as Detectives Sims and Boyd all recorded oral histories with the Museum in 2007. Following the death of Jim Leavelle in 2019, as of October 2021, Elmer Boyd is the last surviving Dallas police homicide detective from the time of the Kennedy assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator