Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

“THREE SHOTSWERE FIRED AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S MOTORCADE” 235 c   (PRESIDENTS—1963.) UPI news ticker from the Kennedy assassina- tion. One teletype sheet, 41 x 8 1 / 2 inches; five horizontal folds, minimal wear, con- temporary inscription in upper margin. [Florida], 22 November 1963 [500/750] This teletype printout begins with a shocking report: “Three shots were fired at President Kennedy’s motorcade today in Dallas. . . . Kennedy seriously wounded. . . . Perhaps fatally by assassins bullet.” The reports grow progres- sively more detailed, and end at 12:55 Central Time with the president still clinging to life. This printout differs from the more commonly seen Dow Jones News Service ticker from the assassination; all of the reports are from UPI, rather than the Associated Press. It is inscribed in the upper margin: “This message was flashed over TTY—1st notice at Site D4 of assassi- nation of Pres. Kennedy. A.T. Dannessa, 22 Nov. 1963.” Angelo T. Dannessa (1930- 2016) was at the time employed at Vitro Services, a military contractor at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. with —the 22 November page from Dannessa’s desk calendar, reading “Pres. Kennedy shot & killed,” inscribed on verso with his location * and the front page from the Clearwater (FL) Sun: “Kennedy Slain.”