Image of a WFAA-TV news van parked along Houston Street
Object number2018.006.0038
Date11/24/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer
Rudy Clauss
Photographer
Vera Clauss
ObjectSlide
Credit LineRudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumCardboard, Film
Dimensions2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm color slide of a WFAA-TV mobile news cruiser parked along Houston Street in Dallas, TX. The image was taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss on Sunday, November 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of President Kennedy. The Dallas County Records building is visible in the background while a line of cars is driving along Houston Street.
Curatorial CommentaryThis WFAA-TV mobile news cruiser was dispatched to Parkland Memorial Hospital shortly after the assassination. It was also in place here, outside of the Dallas County Criminal Courts Building, on Sunday, November 24, 1963, to capture the arrival of suspect Lee Harvey Oswald after his transfer from the Dallas city jail. This, of course, never happened since Oswald was shot in the basement of police headquarters by Jack Ruby at 11:21AM on Sunday. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Rudy Clauss
11/23/1963
