/internal/media/dispatcher/15967/fullImage of Dallas Sheriff Bill Decker outside of the sheriff's office11/24/196315/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)FilmDallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.0044.00150Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Andy Hanson. The image shows Dallas Sheriff Bill Decker outside of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department offices speaking to reporters after receiving the news that Lee Harvey Oswald was shot on November 24, 1963.
The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. This image is labeled #18 on section 3 of negative strip 44.Photographs636653.60000000002.40000000004142Negative (b&w)Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Dallas Sheriff Bill Decker outside the Dallas County Sheriff's Department offices on Sunday morning, November 24, 1963, speaking to reporters after receiving news that suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had been shot. Oswald was to be transferred from the city jail on the east side of downtown Dallas, to the county jail, which is located on the west side, bordering Dealey Plaza. As he was being escorted to the transport vehicle, Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.
The photographs on this strip have been attributed both to Andy Hanson and to Eamon Kennedy. It is not possible at this time to determine positively which photographer took these pictures.
MicrophonesReporterPhotographsDecker, BillHanson, Andrew "Andy"Kennedy, EamonDallas Times HeraldDallas County Sheriff's DepartmentDallas