Image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry interviewed in hallway
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Image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry interviewed in hallway
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry being interviewed by reporters in the third floor hallway of the Dallas Police Department headquarters late on Friday November 22nd, or early in the morning of November 23, 1963. Curry stands a little left of the center of the picture, facing away from the viewer. Three television cameras as well as other still cameras and microphones are pointed at him. One journalist appears to be using Curry's own back as support for writing notes.
Image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry interviewed in hallway
11/23/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0040.0006
Dallas Times Herald reporter Darwin Payne described this scene in his oral history: The crowds were so intense that I remember it was demeaning, I thought, to police Chief Jesse Curry. One reporter propped his notepad up on Chief Curry’s back and just started taking notes as the police chief was talking. I mean, it was so crowded, you had a hard time doing it, but he was propped on his back. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry interviewed in hallway
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry being interviewed by reporters in the third floor hallway of the Dallas Police Department headquarters late on Friday November 22nd, or early in the morning of November 23, 1963. Curry stands a little left of the center of the picture, facing away from the viewer. Three television cameras as well as other still cameras and microphones are pointed at him. One journalist appears to be using Curry's own back as support for writing notes.
Image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry interviewed in hallway
11/23/1963
Crowds
Cameras
Microphones
Photographer
Press
Reporter
Photographs
Curry, Jesse E.
Dallas Times Herald
Dallas Police Department
Dallas Police Headquarters
Dallas Municipal Building
Dallas
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0040.0006
Dallas Times Herald reporter Darwin Payne described this scene in his oral history: The crowds were so intense that I remember it was demeaning, I thought, to police Chief Jesse Curry. One reporter propped his notepad up on Chief Curry’s back and just started taking notes as the police chief was talking. I mean, it was so crowded, you had a hard time doing it, but he was propped on his back. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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