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
97.1.1798.56
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 [...].
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