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Image of Oswald's body being taken to the Parkland Hospital morgue
Image of Oswald's body being taken to the Parkland Hospital morgue

Image of Oswald's body being taken to the Parkland Hospital morgue

Object number2014.080.0277
Date11/24/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Dallas Morning News Photographer
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineThe Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Donated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 6 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 120mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. Armed police and Dallas County Medical Examiner Earl Rose (at far right, wearing glasses) escort Lee Harvey Oswald's body to the morgue at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Oswald died of a gunshot wound. A crowd of reporters and photographers looks on.
Curatorial Commentary
The Dallas police officer in the background, holding a shotgun, is W.E. "Rusty" Robbins, who had worked crowd control on Main Street during the Kennedy motorcade. Robbins shared several stories, including his memories of this moment outside the Parkland Hospital morgue, during a Living History program at The Sixth Floor Museum in 2016. A recording of that program can be seen on the Museum's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9kT4PaMuNE. - Stephen Fagin, Curator