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Dow Jones News Service [Dow Jones News Service ticker tape from the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05629 Author/Creator: Dow Jones News Service Place Written: New York, New York Type: Typed document Date: 22 November 1963 Pagination: 15 sheets ; ranging from 16.5 x 98.7 cm to 16.5 x 146 cm. Order a Copy

The fifteen sheets start at 9:00 am and conclude at 4:59 pm. Spans the entire day of Kennedy's assassination including his arrival in Dallas, the swearing in of Lyndon Johnson and the search and capture of Lee Harvey Oswald. Arranged chronologically.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

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