/internal/media/dispatcher/46037/fullImage of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit's wife, Marie, and their childrenNovember 19632 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)FilmThe Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Donated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history2014.080.0248.00010One original 120 film black and white negative taken by staff photographer John Flynn from The Dallas Morning News. The image shows the wife and children of Officer J.D. Tippit in their home in Dallas, Texas in November 1963. Seated are Marie Tippit holding Curtis, with Brenda and Allen seated on either side of her.
This negative is on Kodak Safety Film. This image is labeled "2 A" on the film.
The metadata provided by The Dallas Morning News for the digital version of these images includes this description: "TDMN JFK negatives collection / ."
This item was originally stored in the "The Dallas Morning News JFK Assassination Negatives and Contact Sheets Vol. 1" binder (2014.080.0001). This item was in the section of the binder labeled "Motorcade/Parkland."
The page has a typed adhesive label at the top center of the page. The label reads: "JFK 42."
The table of contents (2014.080.0002) listing for JFK 42 describes it as: "JFK 42: Marie Tippitt [sic] and children, 11-22-1963 (John Flynn photos) (two, 120-size negs.)"Photographs655835.55626111255.556261112545224Negative (b&w)0E-10Original 120mm black and white negative taken by staff photographer John Flynn from The Dallas Morning News. Officer J.D. Tippit's wife Marie sits on the couch in their Dallas home in November 1963 with her children. Mrs. Tippit holds her younger son Curtis; daughter Brenda and older son Allan are seated on either side of her.PhotographsPhotographerTippit, J.D.Tippit, MarieFlynn, JohnThe Dallas Morning NewsDallasThe Tippits' eldest son, Allan, passed away in 2014 following a long battle with lung cancer. The surviving Tippit family members seen in this photograph - widow Marie and children Brenda and Curtis - shared their memories at a public program at The Sixth Floor Museum in 2015, marking what would have been Officer Tippit's 90th birthday. A video of this program can be viewed on the Museum's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bQkpA_D5bo. - Stephen Fagin, Curator