/internal/media/dispatcher/46833/fullImage of people awaiting jury selection for Jack Ruby's change of venue hearingFebruary 196415/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.3 cm)FilmThe Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Donated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history2014.080.0411.00040One original 35mm black and white negative image taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. This image shows the jury selection for the change of venue hearing for Jack Ruby, dated February 1964. The image was taken through the window of a door labeled, "Central Jury Room." A large group of people are seated inside this room; there are some empty chairs in the front row.
This image is on "Kodak Tri X Pan Film / Kodak Safety Film +." This image is labeled "2" 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 / February 1964 - opening of Jack Ruby trial - jury selection."
This item was originally stored in the "The Dallas Morning News JFK Assassination Negatives and Contact Sheets Vol. 2" binder (2014.080.0350).
The negative sleeve has a typed adhesive label in the upper left corner. The label reads: "JFK 72." "Jack Ruby/Hearing" is written in orange-red grease pencil in the "Assignment" section at the upper edge of the negative holder. "9" is written in the "File No:" section.
The table of contents (2014.080.0353) listing for JFK 72 describes it as: "JFK 72: Jack Ruby trial, jury selection, February 1964 (fourteen, 35-mm. negs.)."Photographs653523.33375666752.381254762545991Negative (b&w)0E-10One original 35mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. This image shows people in the jury selection pool for the change of venue hearing for Jack Ruby. The image was taken through the window of a door labeled, "Central Jury Room." The change of venue hearing ran for three days, February 10-12, 1964. Ultimately, Ruby's request for a change of venue was denied and the trial was set to take place in Dallas.
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