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
97.1.1798.55
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 / WASHN - AP - PRESIDENT KENNEDY-S BODY WILL / LIE IN STATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE TOMORROW / HOUSE SPEAKER MCCORMACK ANNOUNCED / MCCORMACK SAID HE THINKS THE BODY WILL BE / TAKEN TO THE CAPITOL SUNDAY TO REMAIN IN THE GREAT / ROTUNDA UNTIL ABOUT NOON MONDAY / FURTHER PLANS ARE INDEFINITE BUT IS IS / UNDERSTOOD THE ACTUAL FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE / HELD IN BOSTON / PENTAGON OFFICIALS EXPECT THE FUNERAL TO BE / A FULL DRESS STATE CEREMONY AND PREPARATIONS / ARE GOING AHEAD ON THAT ASSUMPTION /-V-
HARVARD-YALE GAME POSTPONED / NEW HAVEN CONN - DJ - THE HARVARD-YALE FOOTBALL / GAME SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW HAS BEEN POSTPONED /-V-
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Related Content
Set
JFK Remembered: Assassination
- 32 Artifacts
This memo was written by Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy administration, just after he learned of the death of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. He describes, in very personal terms, his reaction to the news from the President's brother, Robert Kennedy, that the president had been shot.