Postcard titled "World Famous Dealey Plaza"
Object number2014.011.0412
Date1965 - 1967
ClassificationsDocuments
ObjectPostcard
Credit LineFred Fuston Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper
Dimensions3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm)
DescriptionColor postcard showing Dealey Plaza, in Dallas, Texas. The image shows the Texas School Book Depository building on the left, as well as (from left to right) the Dal-Tex Building, the Dallas County Records Building, the Dallas county jail, and Old Red Courthouse. The green grass and white structures of Dealey Plaza are visible in foreground.
The text on on the back reads:
"* WORLD FAMOUS DEALEY PLAZA
* West Entrance To Dallas, Texas
* PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS KILLED HERE
On November 22nd, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot from the upper, right-hand window of the building at left. The Presidential Limousine was located near the car at lower left.
In the Limousine with the Kennedys were Texas Governor John Connally, wounded by rifle fire, and Mrs. Connally. The accused, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried in East Fort Worth.
Produced and Distributed by Armstrongs' Western Fotocolor
Post Card Photographers, "Delux," Fort Worth, Texas 76116
S 100187-1
"Artistichrome"
POST by CARD
WESTERN FOTOCOLOR"
Dallas Morning News Photographer
11/21/1963