Photograph of courtroom sketch of Joe Tonahill at Jack Ruby trial

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Photograph of courtroom sketch of Joe Tonahill at Jack Ruby trial

Photograph of courtroom pencil sketch on paper by WFAA-TV courtroom artist Walt Stewart. The sketch shows defense attorney Joe Tonahill during the Jack Ruby trial on March 13, 1964. The sketch shows Tonahill in profile, facing the viewer's right with one hand holding a piece of paper containing an image and the other hand pointing towards the photo. Handwritten captions along the bottom edge of the image read "To Joe Tonahill / Walt Stewart / WFAA-TV," "Joe Tonahill," and "they lied." Stewart's signature "Stewart 3/13/64 / Ruby trial" is located in the lower left corner under the sketch. Stewart made the original pencil sketches for WFAA-TV during the trial of Jack Ruby after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of courtroom sketch of Joe Tonahill at Jack Ruby trial

Date:

03/13/1964

Medium:

Paper, Adhesive tape

Dimensions:

10 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (27.3 × 32.9 cm)

Credit line:

Tonahill Family Partners Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.034.0045

Curatorial Note:

Colorful Jasper, Texas, attorney Joe Halbert Tonahill, Sr. (1913-2001) was co-founder of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Although well known in Jasper, Tonahill was lifted to national prominence by his longtime friend Melvin Belli when Belli hired the six-foot-four native Texan as his defense co-counsel. Tonahill recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum on August 9, 1996. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Photograph of courtroom sketch of Joe Tonahill at Jack Ruby trial

Photograph of courtroom pencil sketch on paper by WFAA-TV courtroom artist Walt Stewart. The sketch shows defense attorney Joe Tonahill during the Jack Ruby trial on March 13, 1964. The sketch shows Tonahill in profile, facing the viewer's right with one hand holding a piece of paper containing an image and the other hand pointing towards the photo. Handwritten captions along the bottom edge of the image read "To Joe Tonahill / Walt Stewart / WFAA-TV," "Joe Tonahill," and "they lied." Stewart's signature "Stewart 3/13/64 / Ruby trial" is located in the lower left corner under the sketch. Stewart made the original pencil sketches for WFAA-TV during the trial of Jack Ruby after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of courtroom sketch of Joe Tonahill at Jack Ruby trial

Date:

03/13/1964

Terms:

Photographs

Jack Ruby trial

Sketches

Attorney

Trials

Artist

Artwork

Stewart, Walt

Tonahill, Joe H.

WFAA-TV

Dallas

Medium:

Paper, Adhesive tape

Dimensions:

10 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (27.3 × 32.9 cm)

Credit line:

Tonahill Family Partners Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.034.0045

Curatorial Note:

Colorful Jasper, Texas, attorney Joe Halbert Tonahill, Sr. (1913-2001) was co-founder of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Although well known in Jasper, Tonahill was lifted to national prominence by his longtime friend Melvin Belli when Belli hired the six-foot-four native Texan as his defense co-counsel. Tonahill recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum on August 9, 1996. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator