[Dallas Sheriff Bill Decker outside of the sheriff's office] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Dallas Sheriff Bill Decker outside of the sheriff's office]

Creator

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

Date

  • Creation: 1963-11-24

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Original black and white photographic negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Dallas Sheriff Bill Decker outside the Dallas County Sheriff's Department offices on Sunday morning, November 24, 1963, speaking to reporters after receiving news that suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had been shot. Oswald was to be transferred from the city jail on the east side of downtown Dallas, to the county jail, which is located on the west side, bordering Dealey Plaza. As he was being escorted to the transport vehicle, Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Presidents -- Assassination -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Assassination -- Investigation -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Law Enforcement - Police
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Oswald, Lee Harvey
  • Named Person: Decker, Sheriff Bill
  • Named Person: Ruby, Jack

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1963-11-24

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: 1989.100.0044.0015
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth185023

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: CS creationHardware: Epson Perfection V700 Photo
  • Display Note: This image is the fifteenth photograph on negative strip 44 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. The photographs on this strip have been attributed both to Andy Hanson and to Eamon Kennedy. It is not possible at this time to determine positively which photographer took these pictures.
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