Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
THF228284 / 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
97.1.1798.58
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: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front: UPR117 / URGENT/(DALLAS) --- A DALLAS POLICEMAN HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED / WHILE CHASING A SUSPECTED ASSASSIN OF THE PRESIDENT THROUGH A MOVIE / THEATER IN THE OAK CLIFF SECTION OF DALLAS. HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH AS HE / AND A FELLOW OFFICER RAN INTO A REAR EXIT OF THE THEATER WHILE / FOLLOWING A TIP THAT THE ASSASSIN MIGHT BE INSIDE. THE OTHER / OFFICER, RUSHED THE SUSPECT. THE MAN YELLED "IT'S ALL OVER NOW," / AS THE OFFICER GRABBED HIM. THE TWO FELL STRUGGLING ONTO A SEAT. / THE OFFICER'S FACE WAS SLASHED, BUT HE MANAGED TO ARREST THE / SUSPECT. / G250PCST 11
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