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Texas School Book Depository

The building identified by the Warren Commission as Oswald's firing position. This page combines historical context with 145 matching records drawn directly from the Kennedy Assassination History archive.

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Historical context

Texas School Book Depository: overview and significance

What happened?

The Texas School Book Depository stood at Elm and Houston Streets overlooking the presidential motorcade's path. Lee Harvey Oswald worked in the building, and investigators recovered a rifle and cartridge cases from its upper floors.

Why was it important?

The Depository became the principal crime scene in the official case against Oswald. Witness observations, the rifle, the sixth-floor sniper's nest and employee movements were all examined in detail by investigators.

Archive records

Texas School Book Depository timeline

The records below are selected from the 1,932-record JFK assassination archive and are rendered as static HTML in chronological order.

1963
1963 14th October

Linnie Mae Randle Job Suggestion

Ruth Paine · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Linnie Mae Randle told Paine that the Texas School Book Depository might need additional order fillers because Randle's brother had recently been hired there.

1963 14th October

Oswald Told of Job Interview

Ruth Paine · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

When Oswald telephoned that evening, Paine told him that Roy Truly had agreed to interview him at the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 14th October

Ruth Paine Telephone Call

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ruth Paine telephoned the Texas School Book Depository on October 14 and spoke with Roy Truly about possible employment for Lee Harvey Oswald.

1963 14th October

Telephone Call to Roy Truly

Ruth Paine · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Paine telephoned the Texas School Book Depository and spoke with superintendent Roy Truly about possible employment for Oswald.

1963 15th October

Depository Job Interview

Lee Harvey Oswald · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Roy Truly interviewed Oswald at the Texas School Book Depository on October 15, 1963, and hired him as a temporary order filler.

1963 15th October

Order Filler Hiring

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly hired Oswald as an order filler after interviewing him at the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 15th October

Oswald Employment Interview

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas School Book Depository on October 15 after Ruth Paine had telephoned about possible work.

1963 15th October

Texas School Book Depository

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald is hired by Roy Truly at Texas School Book Depository..

1963 16th October

Depository Employment Begins

Lee Harvey Oswald · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald began work at the Texas School Book Depository on October 16, 1963, filling customer book orders for $1.25 an hour.

1963 16th October

Texas School Book Depository

Ruth Paine · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Through Ruth Paine Oswald found a job filling book orders at the Texas School Book Depository, where he started work on October 16..

1963 October

First Floor Work Access

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly's description of Oswald's duties established that Oswald regularly worked on the first floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 October

Sixth Floor Work Access

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly stated that Oswald went to the sixth floor many times each day to obtain books required for customer orders.

1963 1st November

Depository Employment Given to FBI

Ruth Paine · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Paine told the FBI that Oswald worked at the Texas School Book Depository and that he visited his family in Irving on weekends.

1963 1st November

Texas School Book Depository

James Patrick Hosty, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

James Patrick Hosty, Jr visits Ruth Paine & learns Oswalds address & job at the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 21st November

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Jack Dougherty · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

One Texas School Book Depository employee, Jack Dougherty, saw Oswald arrive inside the Texas School Book Depository, he claimed that Oswald had nothing in his hands..

1963 21st November

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald asked Buell Wesley Frazier for a ride to Irving to collect curtain rods; the next morning he returned to Dallas with Frazier carrying a long paper bag.

1963 21st November

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Linnie Mae Randle, Fraziers sister, sees Oswald at their house before their journey to the Texas School Book Depository..

1963 21st November

Texas School Book Depository

Jack Dougherty · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

One Texas School Book Depository employee, Jack Dougherty, saw Oswald arrive inside the Texas School Book Depository, he claimed that Oswald had nothing in his hands..

1963 21st November

Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Linnie Mae Randle, Fraziers sister, sees Oswald at their house before their journey to the Texas School Book Depository..

1963 22nd November

Baker Confronts Oswald

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

When Baker challenged Oswald on the second floor, Truly identified Oswald as an employee of the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 22nd November

Carton Prints Processed

J. C. Day · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Lieutenant, Crime Scene Search Section

Day's crime-scene work included processing cartons around the southeast sixth-floor window for latent fingerprints and palmprints.

1963 22nd November

Cartridge Cases Photographed

J. C. Day · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Lieutenant, Crime Scene Search Section

Day photographed the three cartridge cases in their original sixth-floor positions before investigators moved or collected them.

1963 22nd November

Depository Departure

Lee Harvey Oswald · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald left the Texas School Book Depository at approximately 12:33 p.m., before police sealed the building.

1963 22nd November

Depository Employee Records

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly assisted investigators with employment information concerning Oswald and other Texas School Book Depository workers.

1963 22nd November

Depository Employment Mentioned to Revill

James Patrick Hosty, Jr · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

During the basement exchange, Hosty said the FBI had known of Oswald's employment at the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 22nd November

Depository Entry with Baker

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Immediately after the shooting, Truly entered the Texas School Book Depository with Dallas motorcycle officer Marrion Baker.

1963 22nd November

Depository Investigation Command

J. Will Fritz · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Captain, Homicide and Robbery Bureau

Fritz arrived shortly before 1:00 p.m. and took charge of the Dallas Police homicide investigation inside the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 22nd November

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

Henry Barbosa Gonzalez · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Gonzalez was in President Kennedy's motorcade, he recalled rolling down the window as his car neared the Texas School Book Depository, then hearing three shots during the assassination.

1963 22nd November

Live Cartridge Ejected from Rifle

J. Will Fritz · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Captain, Homicide and Robbery Bureau

While Lieutenant J. C. Day held the recovered rifle by its stock, Fritz opened the bolt and ejected the live cartridge remaining in the weapon.

1963 22nd November

Missing Depository Employee Report

J. Will Fritz · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Captain, Homicide and Robbery Bureau

Roy Truly told Fritz that warehouse employee Lee Harvey Oswald was missing and supplied his name, address, and general description.

1963 22nd November

Morning Work Supervision

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly was at work in the Texas School Book Depository on November 22 while Oswald and other employees performed their normal duties before the motorcade arrived.

1963 22nd November

Motorcade Route

Howard Leslie Brennan · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Howard Brennan said he heard a shot from above while watching the motorcade and then saw a rifleman firing from a sixth-floor corner window of the Depository.

1963 22nd November

Motorcade Route

Howard Leslie Brennan · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Arrives at about 12:23 p.m., and while waiting for the motorcade, he looked up and saw a man appear at an open window at the southeast corner of the sixth floor, 120 feet (37 m) from Brennan, and observed him leave the window "a couple

1963 22nd November

Motorcade Viewing

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly went outside the Texas School Book Depository to watch President Kennedy's motorcade pass through Dealey Plaza.

1963 22nd November

Oswald Absence Report

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly reported Oswald's unexplained absence to Dallas police during the early investigation at the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 22nd November

Paper Bag Examined

J. C. Day · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Lieutenant, Crime Scene Search Section

Day examined the long handmade paper bag found near the southeast sixth-floor window and preserved it as evidence from the suspected firing position.

1963 22nd November

Rifle Discovery Confirmed

Seymour Weitzman · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas County Deputy Constable

Weitzman was with Boone when the concealed rifle was discovered and left the weapon untouched while Dallas Police crime-scene personnel were summoned.

1963 22nd November

Rifle Identification Recorded

J. Will Fritz · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Captain, Homicide and Robbery Bureau

Fritz and Lieutenant Day examined the recovered weapon as its serial number C2766 and 6.5-millimeter Italian markings were recorded.

1963 22nd November

Rifle Located Among Cartons

Eugene Boone · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas County Deputy Sheriff

Boone discovered the scoped bolt-action rifle between rows of boxes near the northwest stairway at approximately 1:22 p.m.

1963 22nd November

Rifle Photographed in Place

J. C. Day · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Lieutenant, Crime Scene Search Section

Day documented the rifle where it lay between cartons before officers lifted the weapon from its concealed position.

1963 22nd November

Rifle Scene Supervision

J. Will Fritz · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Captain, Homicide and Robbery Bureau

Fritz supervised the examination of the rifle after officers found it concealed among boxes on the sixth floor and waited for photographs before it was handled.

1963 22nd November

Rifle Surface Checked for Prints

J. C. Day · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Lieutenant, Crime Scene Search Section

Day examined the bolt knob and wooden stock for usable fingerprints before handling the rifle and determined that those surfaces yielded no identifiable prints.

1963 22nd November

Shipping Paper Sample Marked

Robert Lee Studebaker · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Detective, Crime Scene Search Section

Studebaker marked the paper and tape samples collected from the first-floor shipping department to preserve their source identification.

1963 22nd November

Sixth Floor Givens Encounter

Lee Harvey Oswald · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Charles Givens testified that he saw Oswald on the sixth floor around 11:55 a.m. on November 22, carrying a clipboard.

1963 22nd November

Sniper's Nest Evidence Preservation

J. Will Fritz · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Captain, Homicide and Robbery Bureau

After cartridge cases were located near the southeast sixth-floor window, Fritz ordered that nothing be moved until crime-scene technicians photographed and examined the area.

1963 22nd November

Sniper's Nest Guarded

Luke Mooney · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas County Deputy Sheriff

After finding the cartridge cases, Mooney remained at the sixth-floor position to prevent the evidence from being disturbed before crime-scene technicians arrived.

1963 22nd November

Sniper's Nest Photographic Record

Robert Lee Studebaker · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Detective, Crime Scene Search Section

Studebaker helped create the photographic record of the sixth-floor firing area, including the cartons and surrounding crime scene.

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Alyea ducked back into the sixth floor and witnessed the discovery of the "snipers nest".

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Detective Studebaker failed to photograph the arrangement of cartons at the "scene of the crime," he failed also to photograph a long paper sack, said to have been found on the floor in the south-east corner, within which Lee Oswald purportedly carried a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle The record states that the paper sack was allegedly used to carry the rifle into the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

On the other hand, it is noteworthy that Tom Alyea has no recollection of the paper sack. If it had been there, he is certain that he would have recorded its presence on film.

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

This record states: "The west end of the barricade was closed by a row of boxes that extended to the front wall.

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

This record states: Alyeas description of the arrangement of cartons around the southeast window on the sixth floor is significantly different from what is seen in photographs showing the late-afternoon "snipers nest" and the official "snipers nest." According to Alyea.

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record suggests that Studebaker may not have photographed the paper sack because it was not present...

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

This record states: To the right of the double casement window."

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Tom Alyea, newsreel photographer for WFAA-TV Dallas, was present in the TSBD during the search by the police. Although ordered by an officer in plain clothes to take no photographs and to return to the first floor, Mr.

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Robert Lee Studebaker · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Detective Studebaker failed to photograph the arrangement of cartons at the "scene of the crime," he failed also to photograph a long paper sack, said to have been found on the floor in the south-east corner, within which Lee Oswald purportedly carried a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Robert Lee Studebaker · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

It is possible that Studebakers failure to photograph the paper sack was not because of incompetence, but because it was not there..

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Robert Lee Studebaker · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

On the other hand, it is noteworthy that Tom Alyea has no recollection of the paper sack. If it had been there, he is certain that he would have recorded its presence on film.

1963 22nd November

Snipers Nest

Robert Lee Studebaker · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record states that the paper sack was allegedly used to carry the rifle into the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 22nd November

Texas School Book Depository

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Although ordered by an officer in plain clothes to take no photographs and to return to the first floor, Mr. Alyea ducked back into the sixth floor and witnessed the discovery of the "snipers nest".

1963 22nd November

Texas School Book Depository

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Tom Alyea, newsreel photographer for WFAA-TV Dallas, was present in the TSBD during the search by the police.

1963 22nd November

Texas School Book Depository

Tom Alyea · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

WFAA-TV cameraman Tom Alyea is on the 6th floor of the Depository photographing the recovery Oswalds rifle.

1963 22nd November

Texas School Book Depository

Eugene Boone · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

A 6.5 x 52 mm Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle is found on the 6th floor of the Texas Book Depository by Deputy Constable Seymour Weitzman and Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boone soon after the assassination..

1963 22nd November

Texas School Book Depository

Howard Leslie Brennan · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Howard Brennan said he heard a shot from above while watching the motorcade and then saw a rifleman firing from a sixth-floor corner window of the Depository.

1963 22nd November

Texas School Book Depository

Seymour Weitzman · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Officer who first sees Oswalds rifle behind some boxes on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository..

1963 22nd November

Three Cartridge Cases Discovered

Luke Mooney · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas County Deputy Sheriff

Mooney located three empty cartridge cases near the southeast sixth-floor window and recognized the surrounding cartons as a probable firing position.

1963 22nd November

Wrapping Paper Samples Collected

J. C. Day · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Lieutenant, Crime Scene Search Section

Day directed collection of paper and tape samples from the Depository shipping area so they could be compared with the long paper bag.

1963 23rd November

Dealey Plaza Visit

Jack Ruby · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ruby said he visited Dealey Plaza on November 23, viewed memorial wreaths, and spoke with a police officer about the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 23rd November

Grassy Knoll

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

At the moment of the assassination, Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower, overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 23rd November

Grassy Knoll

Ochus Campbell · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 23rd November

Texas School Book Depository

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Lee Bowers was working in the Union Terminal tower during the assassination, with an unobstructed view toward the parking area, concrete pergola and stockade fence behind the grassy knoll.

1963 23rd November

Texas School Book Depository

Ochus Campbell · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 23rd November

Texas School Book Depository

James Jarman · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The witness stated that three gunshots seemed to come from overhead in the Depository and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling.

1963 23rd November

Texas School Book Depository

Harold Norman · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The witness stated that three gunshots seemed to come from overhead in the Depository and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling.

1963 23rd November

Texas School Book Depository

Bonnie Ray Williams · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The witness stated that three gunshots seemed to come from overhead in the Depository and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling.

1963 23rd November

Triple Underpass

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

At the moment of the assassination Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository..

1963 November

Assassination Investigation Cooperation

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly cooperated with federal and local investigators examining Oswald's employment, movements, and access within the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 November

Daily Sixth Floor Trips

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly later testified that Oswald had occasion to visit the sixth floor repeatedly during an ordinary working day.

1963 November

Oswald Work Routine Statement

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly described Oswald's normal work routine and his regular access to the sixth floor when investigators reconstructed events inside the Depository.

1963

Grassy Knoll

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, standing on the Depository steps, said the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll.

1963

Grassy Knoll

Norma Jean Lollis Hill · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Norma Jean Lollis Hill testified that she saw a man running from near the Depository toward the picket-fence area and then joined others moving toward the grassy knoll.

1963

Grassy Knoll

Emmett Hudson · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Emmett Hudson, the only man identified out of the three standing on the steps leading up to the fence on the grassy knoll, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the Texas School Book Depository..

1963

Grassy Knoll

Billy Lovelady · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, standing on the Depository steps, said the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll.

1963

Grassy Knoll

Arnold Rowland · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Thought that the shots had come from the grassy knoll, despite already having seen a man in the southwest window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, holding a gun..

1963

Grassy Knoll

Ottis Williams · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, standing on the Depository steps, said the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll.

1963

Magic Bullet

Arlen Specter · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Posits that a single bullet, known as "Warren Commission Exhibit 399" (also known as "CE399"), caused all of the non-fatal wounds in both President Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally. A one-inch-long copper-jacketed lead-core 6.5-millimeter rifle bullet fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository passed through Kennedys neck and Connallys chest wrist and embedded itself in the Governors thigh..

1963

Motorcade Route

Victoria Adams · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Victoria Adams was watching the motorcade from a window on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier had given Oswald a lift to work on the morning of the assassination.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Frazier also claims that the bag Oswald had carried was a standard grocery store bag rather than a handmade package like the one that the Dallas police brought out of the Texas School Book Depository.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Later states on two occasions that the bag he saw was much too short to have contained the rifle, even in its disassembled state.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

There is no credible evidence that Oswald brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository himself. Either he had at least one accomplice, or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Frazier and Randle described Oswald’s paper bag as too short to contain the rifle and different from the package later reported The paper bag was reported as having been The paper bag was reported as having been found on the sixth floor.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

This record states: And was not the same type as the package supposedly The paper bag was reported as having been The paper bag was reported as having been found on the sixth floor.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record argues that either Oswald had an accomplice or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record argues that there was no credible evidence that Oswald personally brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository.

1963

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record interprets Frazier’s and Randle’s accounts as indicating that Oswald’s paper bag was too small to contain the rifle.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Victoria Adams · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Victoria Adams was watching the motorcade from a window on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, standing on the Depository steps, said the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

There is no credible evidence that Oswald brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository himself. Either he had at least one accomplice, or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Frazier and Randle described Oswald’s paper bag as too short to contain the rifle and different from the package later reported The paper bag was reported as having been The paper bag was reported as having been found on the sixth floor.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Buell Wesley Frazier · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The paper bag was reported as having been The paper bag was reported as having been found on the sixth floor.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Norma Jean Lollis Hill · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Norma Jean Lollis Hill testified that she saw a man running from near the Depository toward the picket-fence area and then joined others moving toward the grassy knoll.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Emmett Hudson · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Emmett Hudson, the only man identified out of the three standing on the steps leading up to the fence on the grassy knoll, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the Texas School Book Depository..

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Billy Lovelady · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, standing on the Depository steps, said the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

This record states: And was not the same type as the package supposedly The paper bag was reported as having been The paper bag was reported as having been found on the sixth floor.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record argues that either Oswald had an accomplice or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record argues that there was no credible evidence that Oswald personally brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Linnie Mae Randle · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The record interprets Frazier’s and Randle’s accounts as indicating that Oswald’s paper bag was too small to contain the rifle.

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Arnold Rowland · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Thought that the shots had come from the grassy knoll, despite already having seen a man in the southwest window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, holding a gun..

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Arlen Specter · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

A one-inch-long copper-jacketed lead-core 6.5-millimeter rifle bullet fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository passed through Kennedys neck and Connallys chest wrist and embedded itself in the Governors thigh..

1963

Texas School Book Depository

Ottis Williams · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, standing on the Depository steps, said the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll.

1963

Warehouse Superintendent

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Roy Truly served as superintendent of the Texas School Book Depository and supervised employees working throughout the building.

1963

Warren Commission

Norma Jean Lollis Hill · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Norma Jean Lollis Hill testified that she saw a man running from near the Depository toward the picket-fence area and then joined others moving toward the grassy knoll.

1964
1964 24th March

Oswald Employment Testimony

Roy Truly · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly testified about hiring Oswald and described the duties Oswald performed as an order filler at the Texas School Book Depository.

1964 24th March

Sixth Floor Access Testimony

Roy Truly · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly testified that Oswald routinely went to the sixth floor many times each day while collecting books for customer orders.

1964 March

Stairway Timing Test

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Commission investigators used timing tests involving Truly and Baker to compare their ascent with a possible descent by Oswald from the sixth floor.

1964 11th June

Employee Fingerprinting Objection

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

An FBI memorandum recorded that Truly objected to a proposal to fingerprint all Texas School Book Depository employees during the continuing investigation.

1964 June

Texas School Book Depository Inspection

Earl Warren · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Warren and other commission members traveled to Dallas and inspected locations connected with the assassination, including the Texas School Book Depository.

1964 November

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

Earl Warren · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The HSCA also concluded that both bullets were fired by Oswald from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

1964 November

Texas School Book Depository

Earl Warren · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The HSCA Report in 1979 agrees with the Warren Report's conclusion that two bullets caused all of President Kennedy's and Governor Connallys injuries, The HSCA also concluded that both bullets were fired by Oswald from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

1964 November

Warren Commission

Earl Warren · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Chief Justice · Chief Justice

The HSCA Report in 1979 agrees with the Warren Report's conclusion that two bullets caused all of President Kennedy's and Governor Connally's injuries, The HSCA also concluded that both bullets were fired by Oswald from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository..

1964

Testimony

Victoria Adams · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Victoria Adams was watching the motorcade from a window on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

1964

Testimony

Carolyn Arnold · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Carolyn Arnold gives evidence concerning activity inside the Texas School Book Depository before the shooting.

1964

Testimony

Marrion L Baker · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

The Dallas motorcycle officer testifies about encountering Oswald inside the Texas School Book Depository after the shooting.

1964

Testimony

Howard Leslie Brennan · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Howard Leslie Brennan testifies about seeing a man in the sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository and about his later identification concerns.

1964

Testimony

Amos Lee Euins · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Amos Lee Euins testifies about seeing a rifle or gunman in an upper window of the Texas School Book Depository.

1964

Testimony

Buell Wesley Frazier · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, three men who were standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository, directly underneath the supposed sniper's nest, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll

1964

Testimony

Buell Wesley Frazier · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Frazier also claims that the bag Oswald had carried was a standard grocery store bag rather than a handmade package like the one that the Dallas police brought out of the Texas School Book Depository.

1964

Testimony

Buell Wesley Frazier · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

There is no credible evidence that Oswald brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository himself. Either he had at least one accomplice, or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

1964

Testimony

Buell Wesley Frazier · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Whether or not Oswald had actually claimed to be carrying curtain rods, Frazier's and Randle's accounts demonstrate that Oswald had not been carrying a rifle: the paper bag he was holding was much too small, and was not the same type as the package supposedly The paper bag was reported as having been The paper bag was reported as having been found on the sixth floor.

1964

Testimony

Emmett Hudson · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Emmett Hudson, the only man identified out of the three standing on the steps leading up to the fence on the grassy knoll, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the Texas School Book Depository..

1964

Testimony

James Jarman Jr · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

James Jarman Jr testifies about his position in the Texas School Book Depository during the presidential motorcade.

1964

Testimony

Billy Lovelady · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, three men who were standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository, directly underneath the supposed sniper's nest, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll

1964

Testimony

Harold Norman · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Harold Norman testifies about hearing shots and shell impacts from the floor above him in the Texas School Book Depository.

1964

Testimony

Arnold Rowland · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Thought that the shots had come from the grassy knoll, despite already having seen a man in the southwest window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, holding a gun..

1964

Testimony

Bonnie Ray Williams · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Bonnie Ray Williams testifies about being on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository before the assassination.

1964

Testimony

Otis Williams · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, three men who were standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository, directly underneath the supposed sniper's nest, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll

1964

Warren Commission Testimony

Danny G. Arce · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Employee, Texas School Book Depository

Danny G. Arce was listed in Warren Commission Appendix 5 as employee, texas school book depository; testimony was presented to the Commission in Vol. VI, p. 363.

1964

Warren Commission Testimony

Doris Burns · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Employee, Texas School Book Depository

Doris Burns was listed in Warren Commission Appendix 5 as employee, texas school book depository; testimony was presented to the Commission in Vol. VI, p. 397.

1964

Warren Commission Testimony

Jack Charles Cason · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · President, Texas School Book Depository

Jack Charles Cason was listed in Warren Commission Appendix 5 as president, texas school book depository; testimony was presented to the Commission in Vol. VII, p. 379.

1976
1976

Magic Bullet

Arlen Specter · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

A one-inch-long copper-jacketed lead-core 6.5-millimeter rifle bullet fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository passed through Kennedys neck and Connallys chest wrist and embedded itself in the Governors thigh..

1982
1982

Badge Man

Gary Mack · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Labels this image Badge Man because the image shows what may appear to be a uniformed police officer wearing dark clothing and his police patrolmans metal badge. Gary Mack, the longtime curator and archivist for The 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (the former Texas School Book Depository) first claimed to discover the "Badge Man" image

1982

Texas School Book Depository

Gary Mack · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Gary Mack, the longtime curator and archivist for The 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (the former Texas School Book Depository) first claimed to discover the "Badge Man" image

2003
2003

Magic Bullet

Dale Myers · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Myers uses a close-up examination of the Zapruder film to justify the "single bullet theory". Myers animation finds that the bullet wounds were consistent with JFKs and Connallys positions at the time of shooting, and that by following the bullets trajectory backwards could be found to have originated from the Texas School Book Depository..

2003

Texas School Book Depository

Dale Myers · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Myers animation finds that the bullet wounds were consistent with JFKs and Connallys positions at the time of shooting, and that by following the bullets trajectory backwards could be found to have originated from the Texas School Book Depository..

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