Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Dispatch
Date Made
22 November 1963
Subject Date
22 November 1963
Place of Creation
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.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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 -
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