Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
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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.
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
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.
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
97.1.1798.9
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: ADD - KENNEDY SHOT / DALLAS - AP - WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS TAKEN INTO / THE EMERGENCY ROOM A CALL WAS SENT OUT IM / MEDIATELY FOR SOME OF THE TOP SURGICAL SPECIAL- / ISTS IN DALLAS / A CALL WAS ALSO SENT FOR A ROMAN CATHOLIC / PRIEST / CONGRESSMAN JIM WRIGHT OF FORT WORTH SAID / BOTH KENNEDY AND CONNALLY WERE SERIOUSLY / WOUNDED BUT WERE ALIVE