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

Creators

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.

Collection Title

Teletype Messages with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

97.1.1798.33

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: 5.625 in
Width: 8.5 in

Inscriptions

Printed on front: ADD - KENNEDY / DALLAS - AP - DR MALCOLM PERRY ATTENDANT SUR- / GEON AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL WHO ATTENDED PRESI- / DENT KENNEDY SAID THE PRESIDENT HAD WOUNDS OF / THE NECK AND HEAD / WHEN ASKED IF POSSIBLY THE WOUNDS COULD HAVE / BEEN MADE BY TWO BULLETS HE SAID HE DID NOT / KNOW / A TRACHEOTOMY WAS PERFORMED TO ASSIST THE / PRESIDENT-S BREATHING / THE DOCTOR SAID AN OXYGEN MACHINE WAS / USED AND BLOOD AND FLUID ALSO WERE ADMINISTERED / AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH MACHINE WAS ATTACHED / TO RECORD ANY HEART BEAT / WHEN ASKED TO SPECIFY PERRY SAID THE / ENTRANCE WOUND WAS IN THE FRONT OF THE HEAD / -V- / JOHNSON SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT / DALLAS - AP - LYNDON B JOHNSON WAS SWORN IN AS / PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT ABOUT 1 38 PM / - CST -/ THE OATH WAS ADMINISTERED BY US DISTRICT / JUDGE SARAH T HUGHES / JOHNSON TOOK THE OATS ABOARD THE PRESIDENTIAL / PLANE AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD / HE WAS PREPARING TO FLY TO WASHINGTON TO TAKE OVER THE GOVERNMENT"
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