Reporter Hugh Aynesworth interviewing cab driver William Whaley

Object number2014.080.0359.0002

Date11/26/1963

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 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

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DescriptionOriginal 120mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. Hugh Aynesworth, a reporter for The Dallas Morning News, interviews William Whaley, a cab driver who drove Lee Harvey Oswald on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas. Photo was taken on November 26, 1963.

Curatorial Commentary

Dallas Morning News science and aviation reporter Hugh Aynesworth shared his memories of the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath, alongside his friend Pierce Allman, then WFAA Radio program director, during a program at The Sixth Floor Museum in 2016. A video recording of this program can be seen on the Museum's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6_QqHv3lw. - Stephen Fagin, Curator