William Allen

American, born 1939

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Three men in coats and slacks walk in a line behind a man in a police uniform in this vertical black and white photograph. Another police officer stands or walks near the back of the group. They all are cleanshaven and appear to have light skin, though the face of the man directly behind the police officer at the front is in deep shadow. The officers wear dark uniforms with light-colored badges on the chests, and caps with narrow, curved brims. The officer at the front of the group takes up the rightmost third of the photograph. One arm swings back as he strides forward, and he holds a rifle down by his other side. A revolver is in a holster on that hip. Two of the three men walking behind the officer look down, and the third man there wears a fedora and looks off to our right. The faces of the second and third man are circled with black. The scene is lit from our left, and the people cast long, dark shadows. They walk away from a traffic light on a pole to our left and a building spanning the background. The light-colored walls to either side of the dark doorway of the building appear to be pierced or textured. People stand among cars in front of the building. Typed text in the margin over the picture reads, “DALLAS – 1963.” Short dashes are drawn with orange crayon on the edges of the long sides of the picture near the upper corners. A curving mark over a horizontal orange dash crop the top right corner.
William Allen, Title from caption on object: "Photograph of 'Three Tramps' Arrested in Dallas...", November 22, 1963, printed later, gelatin silver print with applied color, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2015.208.18

Title from caption on object: "Photograph of 'Three Tramps' Arrested in Dallas..."

William Allen · November 22, 1963, printed later · gelatin silver print with applied color ·  Accession ID  2015.208.18

William Allen, Title from caption on object: “Gun Which Killed President Kennedy”, November 22, 1963, gelatin silver print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.520

Title from caption on object: “Gun Which Killed President Kennedy”

William Allen · November 22, 1963 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2018.177.520