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

97.1.1798.30

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: 2.75 in
Width: 8.5 in

Inscriptions

Printed on front: ADD - JOHNSON SWORN IN / DALLAS - AP - PRESENT AT THE SWEARING-IN / WERE MRS KENNEDY AND MRS JOHNSON SEVERAL STAFF / MEMBERS AND SEVERAL CONGRESSMAN / JOHNSON ASKED AS MANY OF THE WHITE HOUSE / PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO CROWD INTO THE EXECUTIVE / SUITE OF THE PLANE TO WITNESS THE CEREMONY / THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANE TOOK OFF IMMEDIATE / FOR WASHINGTON WITH JOHNSON MRS JOHNSON AND / MRS KENNEDY AND SOME WHITE HOUSE AIDES ABOARD