Image of Dallas Police officers at Parkland Hospital on November 24, 1963

Object number1989.100.0046.0006

Date11/24/1963

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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DescriptionOne original 35 mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Dallas Police officers in a doorway at Parkland Hospital on Sunday, November 24, 1963. The officer at left is Weldon E. "Rusty" Robbins. The image is blurry. Although the pictures on this negative strip have been attributed to photographer Andy Hanson in the past, curators have concluded that it is not possible at this time to say with any certainty who took them.

Curatorial Commentary

The Dallas police officer on the left, holding the shotgun, is Weldon E. "Rusty" Robbins. Robbins, an acquaintance of Jack Ruby, had worked crowd control on Main Street during the presidential motorcade on Friday. He was sent to Parkland Memorial Hospital on guard duty shortly after the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Robbins recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2003. - Stephen Fagin, Curator