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
97.1.1798.24
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 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front: ADD - KENNEDY / DALLAS - AP - KENNEDY-S BODY WAS REMOVED FROM / PARKLAND HOSPITAL AT 2.05 P M - CST- IN A CREAM / COLORED AMBULANCE WITH CURTAINS TIGHTLY DRAWN / MRS KENNEDY RODE IN A PASSENGER SEAT IN THE / AMBULANCE - - A TYPE OF VEHICLE WITH TWO / SEATS FOR PASSENGERS / SHE AND THE BODY WERE ESCORTED FROM THE / EMERGENCY ENTRANCE OF PARKLAND BY TWO MOTOR- / CYCLE OFFICERS / MRS KENNEDY WALKED OUT THE BACK DOOR OF THE / EMERGENCY ENTRANCE AS THE BODY WAS TAKEN OUT / THOSE WHO SAW HER ENTER THE HOSPITAL AN / HOUR AND A HALF EARLIER SAID SHE HAD NOT / BEEN HYSTERICAL / WHITE HOUSE AIDE KILDUFF SAID THE PRES- / IDENT-S BODY WOULD BE FLOWN TO WASHINGTON THIS / AFTERNOON
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