Image of Governor Connally's blood-spattered hat hanging in Jesse Curry's office

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Image of Governor Connally's blood-spattered hat hanging in Jesse Curry's office

Original black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image shows several coats and hats on a rack in Chief Jesse Curry's office at Dallas police headquarters on November 22, 1963 in downtown Dallas, Texas. One of the hats is Texas Governor John Connally's blood-spattered Stetson cowboy hat, which he was holding at the time of the assassination.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Governor Connally's blood-spattered hat hanging in Jesse Curry's office

Date:

11/22/1963

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0013.0001

Curatorial Note:

Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry returned to Dallas police headquarters around 4:00 p.m. on November 22, 1963, after witnessing the swearing-in of Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One at Dallas Love Field. No one knows exactly when and how Curry ended up with the blood-stained hat that Texas Governor John Connally held in his lap during the Dallas motorcade, but Curry had it hanging on a rack in his office when Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard arrived with his camera sometime after 8:30 p.m. In addition to this photograph, Dillard took a series of images of Chief Curry seated at his desk. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Image of Governor Connally's blood-spattered hat hanging in Jesse Curry's office

Original black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image shows several coats and hats on a rack in Chief Jesse Curry's office at Dallas police headquarters on November 22, 1963 in downtown Dallas, Texas. One of the hats is Texas Governor John Connally's blood-spattered Stetson cowboy hat, which he was holding at the time of the assassination.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Governor Connally's blood-spattered hat hanging in Jesse Curry's office

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Police

Evidence

Photographs

Clothing

Beers, Jack

Winfrey, Bill

Dillard, Tom C.

Curry, Jesse E.

Connally, John

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0013.0001

Curatorial Note:

Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry returned to Dallas police headquarters around 4:00 p.m. on November 22, 1963, after witnessing the swearing-in of Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One at Dallas Love Field. No one knows exactly when and how Curry ended up with the blood-stained hat that Texas Governor John Connally held in his lap during the Dallas motorcade, but Curry had it hanging on a rack in his office when Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard arrived with his camera sometime after 8:30 p.m. In addition to this photograph, Dillard took a series of images of Chief Curry seated at his desk. - Stephen Fagin, Curator