[Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the rifle location on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Dallas Police Lieutenant J.C. "Carl" Day pointing to the rifle location on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository]

Creator

  • Photographer: Allen, William
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Dallas Times Herald Staff

Date

  • Creation: 1963-11-22

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Original black and white photographic negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows Dallas Police Lieutenant, J.C. "Carl" Day, pointing to the area near the northwest corner of the Texas School Book Depository's sixth floor where Dallas Sheriff's deputies found the rifle used in the Kennedy assassination. The rifle had been hidden between some boxes. Lt. Day was head of the Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit responsible for the forensic investigation of physical evidence.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.

Subject

  • Named Person: Day, Lieutenant J. C. (Carl)
  • Keyword: Texas School Book Depository
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Law Enforcement - Police
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Assassination -- Investigation -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Crime scenes -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Crime scenes -- Texas -- Photographs.
  • Keyword: rifles
  • Keyword: evidence

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1963-11-22

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2011
    Code: SG11
  • Name: Dallas Times Herald Collection
    Code: DTHJFK
  • Name: John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection
    Code: JFKAM

Institution

  • Name: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
    Code: SFMDP

Rights

  • Rights Holder: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1989.100.0023.0010
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth184775

Note

  • Display Note: The Dallas Times Herald newspaper employed a number of staff photographers who were assigned to cover President Kennedy's visit to Fort Worth and Dallas. Not all photographs have a confirmed photographer.
  • Display Note: This image is the tenth photograph on negative strip 23 in the Dallas Times Herald collection.
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