Bonnie Ray Williams and Danny Arce being escorted into a police car
Bonnie Ray Williams and Danny Arce
Black-and-white photography of TSBD workers Bonnie Ray Williams and Danny Arce being escorted into a police car on November 22, 1963, headed to the Dallas Police Station.
Unknown
Prayer Man
November 22, 1963
Gina Le
Photo
L. D. Montgomery present in Oswald interrogation!
Det. L. D. Montgomery was present at the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, but doesn't remember specifics...?
Det. L. D. Montgomery testified for the Warren Commission that he was present at the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, but that he does not remember the specifics of the meeting.
The Warren Commission
FBI
The National Archives
03/24/1964
Ronni Farid
Series: Records Relating to Key Persons, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Document
English
Document
7460742
L. D. Montgomery Social Network
The Social Network of Det. L. D. Montgomery
The social network of Leslie Dell (L. D.) Montgomery show high interaction with members of the Dallas Police and federal agents.
Ronni Farid
Ronni Farid
2-D diagram
Det. Montgomery finds rifle-sized bag in TSBD
Det. L. D. Montgomery brings out a rifle-sized paper bag from the TSBD which he believed Oswald used to transport the rifle.
Detective Leslie Dell Montgomery of the Dallas Police Department transports evidence from the 6th Floor of the Texas School Book Depository to the Dallas Police Department headquarters in City Hall. Evidence transported by Det. Montgomery include the photographed large paper bag found in the south-east corner of the 6th floor.
William Allen of the Dallas Times Herald
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Nov. 22, 1964
Ronni Farid
Online Collection
Photograph: B&W 2.4 x 3.6 cm
Photograph
Object Number: 1989.100.0023.0005
Officers Wait to Answer Phones
Detective Jim Leavelle, Marvin Johnson, and an unidentified detective wait for the department phone's to ring on Nov. 23, 1964.
Between President Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1964 and Oswald's assassination on Nov. 24, 1964, officers from the Dallas Police Department wait for tips and information by the department phones. Stationed in the Homicide and Robbery Bureau of the Dallas Police Department, many officers were stationed constantly by the phones. Such officers include Leavelle, Johnson, and Montgomery.
The Dallas Times Herald
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The Dallas Times Herald
Nov. 23, 1964
Ronni Farid
Online Collection
Photograph: B&W 2.4 x 3.6 cm
Photograph
Object Number: 1989.100.0041.0009
Detective Johnson finds chicken bones and a Dr. Pepper bottle.
Detective Marvin Johnson holds a bag of chicken bones and a Dr. Pepper bottle that he and his partner, L. D. Montgomery found on the 6th floor of the TSBD.
Detective Marvin Johnson carries out evidence from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository and prepares to take them back to the Dallas Police Department headquarters in City Hall. Among the evidence is a bag of chicken bones and an empty Dr. Pepper can, both found near the south-east corner of the 6th floor.
William Allen of The Dallas Time Herald
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza- Online Collections http://emuseum.jfk.org/view/objects/asitem/classification@Photographs/125/title-asc?t:state:flow=726ac589-44f2-47a3-9e22-b98997bb0a41
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Nov. 22, 1963
Ronni Farid
Online Collection
Photograph: B&W 2.4 x 3.6 cm
Photograph
Object Number: 1989.100.0023.0008
Response to Ruby killing Oswald
Members of the public respond immediately after Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963.
Men present in the basement of the Dallas Police Department react to Jack Ruby's assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by all moving in the same general direction. One man is shown jumping down from an elevated area while another helps him.
Jack Beers
Dallas Police Department to The Portal to Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth339031/
The Portal to Texas History
Nov. 24, 1963
Ronni Farid
Dallas Police Department Collection
Photograph: B&W 10 x 13 cm
Photograph
Local Control No: DSMA_91-001-1249010-4184
Jack Ruby's Full Body Mug Shot
Full body photograph of Jack Ruby immediately after his arrest on Nov. 24, 1963.
Photograph of Jack Ruby's full body immediately after his arrest on Nov. 24, 1963 for shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby is shown in a standard prisoner outfit of matching pants and short sleeved shirt. He is photographed in front of a wall with a chair to one side and an outlet on the other. The police marker by his right foot says "Dallas Police 36398" and the date "11-24-63."
Dallas Police Department
Dallas Municipal Archives to The Portal to Texas History Local https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338999/
The Portal to Texas History
Nov. 24, 1963
Ronni Farid
Dallas Police Department Collection
Photograph: B&W 13 x 10 cm
Photograph
Local Control No: DSMA_91-001-12A26001-XXXX
Jack Ruby's Fingerprint Card
Jack Ruby's fingerprint card, taken upon his arrest on Nov. 24, 1963.
Dallas Police Department's records of Jack Ruby's fingerprints initially taken on Nov. 24, 1963 following Ruby's assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Department.
Dallas Police Department
Dallas Municipal Archives to The Portal to Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth49508/
The Portal to Texas History
Nov. 24, 1963
Ronni Farid
John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection
Photograph: B&W 4 x 5 in.
Photograph
Local Control No: 91-001_305
Oswald's been shot!
Response and aftermath of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963 in the basement of the Dallas Police Department.
Photograph of the basement of the Dallas Police Department in the aftermath of Jack Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963. Present in the photograph are doctor, the media, police officers, and investigators.
Jack Beer
Dallas Police Department to the Dallas Municipal Archives
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth337842/
The Portal to Texas History
Nov. 24, 1963
Ronni Farid
John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection
Photograph: B&W 10 x 13 cm
Photograph
Local Control No: DSMA_91-001-1249011-4184
Basement of the Dallas Police Department
The basement doors of the Dallas Police Department where Oswald was shot on Nov. 24, 1963 by Jack Ruby.
A photograph of the basement doors and loading dock of the Dallas Police Department where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot while being transferred from the Police Department to the county jail on Nov. 24, 1963.
Dallas Police Department
The Dallas Municipal Archives to The Portal to Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338150/
The Portal to Texas History
Nov. 26, 1963
Ronni Farid
John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection
Photograph: B&W 10 x 13 cm
Photograph
Local Control No: DSMA_91-001-1235001-4131
Black Sweater Lee Harvey Oswald Wore When Killed
Image of the black long-sleeve sweater Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing when Jack Ruby shot him in the basement of the Dallas Police Department on Nov. 24, 1963.
The sweater Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing when Jack Ruby shot him in the basement of the Dallas Police Department.. Oswald was being transitioned from the downtown Dallas Police Department to the county jail. The sweater shows a tear in the lower abdomen, where the bullet entered, and tears where the Parkland Hospital staff cut open his shirt prior to surgery.
National Archives
"Black Sweater Lee Harvey Oswald Was Wearing When Shot by Jack Ruby" page 1. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305169
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Ronni Farid
Series: Numbered Exhibits, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Photograph
ARC Identifier: 305169
Search Identifier: JFK Assassination
Brown Shirt Lee Harvey Oswald Was Wearing When Shot
Image of the brown long-sleeve shirt Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing when Jack Ruby shot him in the basement of the Dallas Police Department on Nov. 24, 1963.
The shirt Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing when Jack Ruby shot him in the basement of the Dallas Police Department. The shirt shows a tear in the lower abdomen, where the bullet entered, and tears where the Parkland Hospital staff cut open his shirt prior to surgery.
President (1963-1969 : Johnson). President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 11/30/1963-9/24/1964 (Most Recent)
"Shirt Lee Harvey Oswald Was Wearing When He Was Shot" page 1. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305142
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Ronni Farid
Series: Numbered Exhibits, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Photograph
ARC Identifier: 305142
Search Identifier: JFK Assassination
Threat to Oswald's Life
A threatening call was received regarding Oswald's life according to Captain W.B. Frazier.
On the night of November 23, 1963, a threatening call was received regarding Lee Harvey Oswald's life, according to Captain W.B. Frazier. Frazier requested to Captain Fritz that Oswald be transferred to the Dallas County Jail, but Fritz said the transfer was ultimately up to the discretion of Chief Jesse Curry.
President (1963-1969: Johnson). President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 11/30/1963-9/24/1964 (Most Recent)
Page 41 of J.W. Fritz folder https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7460508
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Ali Beachman
Series: Records Relating to Key Persons, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Textual record
ARC Identifier: 7460508
Search Identifier: JFK Key Persons Files - Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
DA Henry Wade Requests the Transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald
District Attorney Henry Wade requests that Lee Harvey Oswald be transferred from the Dallas Police Department to the Dallas Sheriff's office.
Henry Wade requested that Oswald be moved to the Dallas Sheriff's office on the night of November 22, 1963, but Captain Fritz declined. Instead, Fritz sanctioned the transfer of Oswald on the morning of November 24, 1963.
President (1963-1969: Johnson). President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 11/30/1963-9/24/1964 (Most Recent)
Page 36 of J.W. Fritz folder https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7460508
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Ali Beachman
Series: Records Relating to Key Persons, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Textual record
ARC Identifier: 7460508
Search Identifier: JFK Key Persons Files - Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
J.W. Fritz and Jesse Curry with the Warren Commission Personnel
Dallas Morning News photograph of Chief Jesse Curry, Captain J.W. Fritz, and Warren Commission personnel David Belin and John McCloy in the Dallas Police garage.
Photographed by Joe Lard
www.maryferrell.org
History Matters
May 3, 1964 (date stamped on backside of photo)
Ali Beachman
News Staff Photo from Dallas Morning News found on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website
Photograph
Image of Dallas Police Captain J.W. 'Will' Fritz at Dallas Police Headquarters
Photograph of Dallas Police Captain J.W. Fritz at the Dallas Police Station
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald and United Press International photographer Darryl Heikes. The image shows J.W. 'Will' Fritz, Captain of Homicide and Robbery for the Dallas Police, being interviewed by Bill Mercer, a KRLD reporter, in the hallway of Dallas Police Headquarters the evening of November 22, 1963.
Photographed by Darryl Heikes
http://emuseum.jfk.org/view/objects/asitem/search@/7/title-asc?t:state:flow=9eacdad4-e6a1-4446-ba30-db9b89df93e6
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
11/22/1963
Ali Beachman
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Film
JFK Assassination