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Image of Dallas Police officers observing a moment of silence for Officer Tippit
Image of Dallas Police officers observing a moment of silence for Officer Tippit

Image of Dallas Police officers observing a moment of silence for Officer Tippit

Object number1989.100.0049.0017
Date11/25/1963
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)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows Dallas Police officers in the Dallas Police Department headquarterson Monday, November 25, 1963, observing a moment of silence for slain Dallas Police officer J.D. Tippit. The man near the center of the image, wearing dark glasses, is Dallas Morning News reporter Tony Zoppi.
Curatorial Commentary
The fourth man in this line, wearing a dark suit and glasses, is Tony Zoppi, nightclub reporter at The Dallas Morning News and a friend of Jack Ruby. Three days earlier, Zoppi helped carry President Kennedy's casket into Parkland Memorial Hospital. He recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 1992 and passed away in 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator