Title
View from the Sniper's Nest
Subject
The view from the 6th floor of the TSBD onto Elm Street below.
Description
The photograph shows the view from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository onto Elm Street below. President Kennedy's motorcade turned onto this road before Oswald fired at it from this window. The box visible was used by Oswald to stabilize his rifle. This specific view would have allowed Oswald as many as 30 seconds to fire in an almost perfectly straight line at the motorcade as it drove away from the building.
Creator
Dallas Police Department
Source
Dallas Municipal Archives to The Portal to Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338984/?q=view
Publisher
The Portal to Texas History
Date
1963
Contributor
Ronni Farid
Relation
Dallas Police Department Collection
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Local Control No: DSMA_91-001-12A36004-XXXX