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

97.1.1798.56

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

UPR128 | CORRECTION: | THE NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR AUDIO SPOT SALES IS AREA 212, TN 7-3990. | UPI/AUDIO | G331PCST 11/22 | UPR129 | (SUB ALL MARKETS) | (WALL STREET)---WORD THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD BEEN FATALLY SHOT IN DALLAS, TEXAS, THIS AFTERNOON SHUT DOWN THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND ALL OTHER MAJOR STOCK AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. | THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED ABRUPTLY AT 2:07 P-M, (EST) BUT IT WAS 2:56 P-M (EST) BEFORE THE TICKERS CLEANED UP THE HEAVY SALES. | THE FINAL WORD ON TEH TICKER WAS "CLOSE...NO CLOSING QUOTATIONS." AT THE BELL, [...]. | A SAMPLING OF STOCKS TRADED TODAY ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE INCLUDES [...].