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Image of Judge Brown on the bench

Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows a courtroom with Judge Joe B. Brown on the bench. The backs of Joe Tonahill, Melvin Belli, and Jack Ruby are visible at the defendant's table.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Judge Brown on the bench

Date:

1964

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)

Credit line:

Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.058.0256.0001

Curatorial Note:

Although Judge Joe B. Brown's own courtroom was used for the pre-trial hearings in the Jack Ruby case, it proved too small to accomodate the news media and spectators anticipated during the actual trial. Instead Judge Frank Wilson gave Judge Brown use of his larger courtroom for the Jack Ruby trial in March 1964. This photo shows Brown's smaller courtroom. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Image of Judge Brown on the bench

Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows a courtroom with Judge Joe B. Brown on the bench. The backs of Joe Tonahill, Melvin Belli, and Jack Ruby are visible at the defendant's table.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Judge Brown on the bench

Date:

1964

Terms:

Jack Ruby trial

Photographs

Tonahill, Joe H.

Belli, Melvin

Brown, Judge Joe B.

Winfrey, Bill

Dallas County Criminal Courts Building

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)

Credit line:

Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.058.0256.0001

Curatorial Note:

Although Judge Joe B. Brown's own courtroom was used for the pre-trial hearings in the Jack Ruby case, it proved too small to accomodate the news media and spectators anticipated during the actual trial. Instead Judge Frank Wilson gave Judge Brown use of his larger courtroom for the Jack Ruby trial in March 1964. This photo shows Brown's smaller courtroom. - Stephen Fagin, Curator