An original window sash from the Texas School Book Depository that was in the building when the shots were fired on November 22, 1963. The window measures 40.5 x 32.25 and retains its original glass and dark green paint, as well as the lock hardware and rope cords on the sides. In very good condition, with soiling and wear; a few chipped fragments are included.
The Texas School Book Depository—located at 411 Elm Street in Dallas, Texas—was the building where Lee Harvey Oswald worked on November 22, 1963, from where official governmental investigations concluded that the shots that killed President John F. Kennedy (and wounded Texas Governor John Connally) were fired. The Texas School Book Depository building was built in 1901. From 1963-1970 the Texas School Book Depository leased and occupied the entire building. In 1977, Dallas County purchased the building, and began their first phase of renovations to its exterior. After exterior renovations were completed, the building was dedicated on March 29, 1981.
In 1986, phase two building renovations took place. Original windows were removed and energy conservation replica windows replaced the originals. Farris Rookstool, III served as a principal historian in the planning of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. When all of the original window sashes were discarded by Dallas County, the county gave him the entire lot of discarded windows. Rookstool has had them privately stored since 1986. Rookstool is a former FBI Analyst who served on the FBI JFK Task Force and is currently an Emmy Award-winning historian.
