Chilling original Dow Jones News Service ticker tape wire teletype report, from the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated [November 22, 1963]. The report presents an actual, real time telling of the assassination filled with amazing content. In part: "President Kennedy has been shot. He was shot as his motorcade was moving along on the outskirts of Dallas. A presidential aide, Lawrence O' Brien, says he has no information on whether the President is alive. Texas Governor John Connally also was shot. It isn't known yet whether he is still alive. When the President was shot, Mrs. Kennedy jumped up and grabbed him. She cried 'Oh no.'" The tape includes five sheets, measuring 6.5″ wide and ranging in length from 12″ to 34″ inches. Reports continue to file in on the tape, including the suspension of trading and the postponement of the Harvard-Yale game. The tape was originally given to a Dow Jones employee, whose last day in the job was November 22nd; sold at Sotheby's in 1997, and accompanied by a newspaper clipping covering the sale. In fine condition, with some scattered edge wear and paper loss.
