THF228282

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

97.1.1798.53

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: BULLETIN / (SUB KENNEDY) / (DALLAS) --- PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND GOVERNOR JOHN CONNALLY OF TEXAS / HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN BY ASSASSIN'S BULLETS. THEY WERE SHOT AS THEY / TOURED DOWNTOWN DALLAS IN AN OPEN CAR. / THE PRESIDENT --- HIS LIMP BODY IN THE ARMS OF HIS WIFE --- WAS RUSHED / TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL. THE GOVERNOR ALSO WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME / HOSPITAL. / CLINT HILL, A SECRET SERVICE AGENT ASSIGNED TO MRS. KENNEDY SAID / "HE'S DEAD" AS THE PRESIDENT WAS LIFTED FROM THE REAR OF THE WHITE / HOUSE TOURING CAR. / MR. KENNEDY WAS RUSHED TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM IN THE HOSPITAL. / OTHER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS WERE IN DOUBT AS THE CORRIDORS OF THE / HOSPITAL ERUPTED IN PANDEMONIUM. / THE INCIDENT OCCURRED JUST EAST OF THE TRIPLE UNDERPASS FACING / A PARK IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS. / NEWSMEN IN THE MOTORCADE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THREE BURSTS OF