[Aerial View from Book Depository]

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Photographs of an aerial view of the roads below the Texas School Book Depository. Cars line the streets, and buildings are visible to the left and right.

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2 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.

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Dallas (Tex.). Police Department. 1963.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection and was provided by the Dallas Municipal Archives to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 3099 times, with 43 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Dallas Municipal Archives

Since 1985, the Archives have kept more than 2,000 cubic feet of materials open to the public by appointment. These materials include departmental documents, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and much more; they document historical events like the Kennedy assassination and Clyde Barrow gang's activities.

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Photographs of an aerial view of the roads below the Texas School Book Depository. Cars line the streets, and buildings are visible to the left and right.

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2 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.

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Part of the Dallas Police Department Collection.

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John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection

These photos document the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath. They depict landmarks, people, and important events from before, on, and after November 23, 1963.

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John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection

This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.

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  • 1963

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  • Sept. 29, 2013, 11:29 p.m.

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  • Dec. 11, 2017, 6:05 p.m.

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  • 32.779716, -96.808247

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Dallas (Tex.). Police Department. [Aerial View from Book Depository], photograph, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth339935/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.

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