[Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing]

Creator

  • Photographer: Dallas Times Herald
    Creator Type: Organization
    Creator Info: Staff photographer

Date

  • Creation: 1963-11-23

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Original black and white photographic negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows suspect Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing at Dallas Police Headquarters. Oswald is surrounded by law enforcement and a large crowd of journalists. The largest of the cameras in the room appears to be the KRLD-TV camera in the top right corner.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Assassination -- Investigation -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Presidents -- Assassination -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Law Enforcement - Police
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Communications - Media
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Oswald, Lee Harvey.
  • Keyword: KRLD-TV

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1963-11-23

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: 1989.100.0036.0010
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth184921

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: CS creationHardware: Epson Perfection V700 Photo
  • Display Note: This image is the tenth photograph on negative strip 36 in the Dallas Times Herald collection.
  • 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: Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.
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