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
97.1.1798.20
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)
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front: ADD - KENNEDY/ DALLAS - AP - KENNEDY 46 LIVED ABOUT AN HOUR / AFTER A SNIPER CUT HIM DOWN AS HIS LIMOUSINE / LEFT DOWNTOWN DALLAS / AUTOMATICALLY THE MANTLE OF THE PRESIDENCY / FELL TO VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON WHO / HAD BEEN RIDING TWO CARS BEHIND THE CHIEF EX- / ECUTIVE / THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE WORD ON WHEN JOHNSON / WOULD TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE / GOV CONNALLY OF TEXAS WAS CUT DOWN BY / THE SAME FUSILLADE / CONNALLY AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN RIDING WITH / THE PRESIDENT AND MRS KENNEDY / JOHNSON WAS WHISKED AWAY BY SECRET SERVICE- / MEN - HIS WHEREABOUTS WERE BEING KEPT SECRET
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