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

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

97.1.1798.17

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/ DALLAS - AP - POLICE IMMEDIATELY SPREAD A / DRAGNET AROUND THE CITY SEARCHING FOR THE / WOULD-BE ASSASSIN / PRIESTS SAY KENNEDY DEAD / DALLAS - AP - TWO PRIESTS WHO WERE WITH KENNEDY / SAY HE IS DEAD OF BULLET WOUNDS / ADD - KENNEDY DRAGNET / DALLAS - AP - INITIAL REPORTS TO POLICE / GAVE A SKETCHY DESCRIPTION OF A YOUNG MAN / BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE GUNMAN / THEY BEGAN A SEARCH FOR A WHITE MAN ABOUT / 30 / ADD - KENNEDY DEAD / WASHN - AP - GOVERNMENT SOURCES SAID TODAY / THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS DEAD