THF96058

Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963

Summary

In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.

Artifact

Dispatch

Date Made

22 November 1963

Subject Date

22 November 1963

Creators

Dow Jones & Co.

Wall Street Journal (Firm)

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn

United States, New York, New York

Creator Notes

Report from Dow Jones Co. / Wall Street Journal wire service, based in New York, New York. Received at Ford Motor Company offices, Dearborn, Michigan.

Object ID

97.1.1798.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Theodore H. Mecke, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Inscriptions

Printed on front: PRESIDENT KENNEDY SHOT / DALLAS - AP- PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS SHOT TO / DAY JUST AS HIS MOTORCADE LEFT DOWNTOWN DALLAS - / MRS KENNEDY JUMPED UP AND GRABBED MR KENNEDY - / SHE CRIED OH NO - THE MOTORCADE SPEDE ON / AP PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES W ALTGENS SAID HE SAW / BLOOD ON THE PRESIDENT-S HEAD / ALTGENS SAID HE HEARD TWO SHOTS BUT THOUGHT / SOMEONE WAS SHOOTING FIREWORKS UNTIL HE SAW / THE BLOOD ON THE PRESIDENT / ALTGENS SAID HE SAW NO ONE WITH A GUN / AP REPORTER JACK BELL ASKED KENNETH O-DONNELL / PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT IF KENNEDY WAS / O-DONNELL GAVE NO ANSWER / ...REPORTED TAKEN TO PARLAND HOS -