The architectural history of the jfk assassination site. Three spent shells, a sniper s nest and a rifle were found on the sixth floor of the building. Lee harvey oswalds sniper perch from the school book depository. The window as it looked during its time in the sixth floor museum. The texas school book depository tsbd building was the headquaters for a dallas. The texas school book depository the employees of the tsbd. After shooting, memories of dallas darkest day return. The texas school book depository building still appears much as it did the day of the assassination, although the famous hertz timetemperature sign on the roof and the northwest stairway used by oswald after the shooting are in storage. Now lets look at photos of the 6th floor, and the snipers nest, taken shortly after shots were fired 112263. A rifle like the one lee harvey oswald used to assassinate president kennedy. The sixth floor museum the sixth floor museum at dealey. Texas school book depository dallas, texas, united. The buildings surrounding the jfk assassination site in dealey plaza including the texas school book depository and the daltex building had sinister cia backgrounds that are now revealed this is. He watched as the presidential limousine made a sharp left off onto elm street, heading across dealey plaza past the texas school book depository, before hearing the popping sound of gunfire.
The snipers nest is the highlight here, sealed off behind plexiglass and. The texas school book depository kennedy assassination home. Discover book depositorys huge selection of texas books online. The site of the infamous structure was included in city founder john neely. Former texas school book depository by martin from a blog titled around the american southwest texas school book depository building by cruddud from a blog titled dallas. The socalled oswald window is sealed from the public, but why. Texas book depositoryjfk6th floor windowcam youtube. In this installment of the often excellent 50 reasons for 50 years, len osanic says yes.
On november 22, 1963, the texas school book depository became the primary crime scene in the investigation of the assassination of president john f. Lee harvey oswalds sniper perch from the school book. Dallas cops of tampering with evidence of a live round found in the snipers nest. The youtube episode focuses on the socalled sniper s nest, the area next to the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd from which lee oswald allegedly fired a mannlichercarcano rifle wounding governor john connally and. History of 411 elm the sixth floor museum the sixth. Discover book depositorys huge selection of todd travis books online. Some live cam footage from the 6th floor window showing different angles. This is the snipers nest in the texas book depository where lee harvey oswald allegedly shot and killed john f. The texas school book depository operated in the building for 7 years after the assassination, and after they moved out the building gradually fell into disrepair. The history of the texas school book depository, site of the snipers nest in the.
Boxes of school boxes have been set up to screen a sniper from inside the building. Theres little outward indication that an acclaimed worldclass museum that draws a halfmillion visitors a year exists on the buildings sixthfloor. Lee harvey oswald, who was accused of being the lonegunman, worked in byrds texas book depository. Lee harvey oswalds sniper perch from the school book depository is for. Since the 6th and 7th floors of the texas school book depository building.
A reflective environment for people of all ages seeking information and understanding about the assassination and legacy of jfk. My own very amateuristic attempt to have a look at what lee harvey oswald saw, if he sat at the snipers nest in the texas school book. In november, 1963, byrd left texas to go on a twomonth safari in africa. The passenger elevator is located on the houston street side of the book depository east side, in front of the 2nd set of windows on the upper left side of the photo above. The window was removed from the former texas school book depository not long after the assassination.
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