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Pulitzer Prize winning photo of Jack Ruby shooting killing Lee Harvey Oswald.

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English: Jack Ruby (52) shoots Lee Harvey Oswald (24). Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
Русский: Фотография Джека Руби (52), стреляющего в Ли Харви Освальда (24). Снимок завоевал Пулитцеровскую премию за выдающуюся фотографию 1962 года.
Date Taken on 24 November 1963, 11:21
Source Flickr. Originally published in the Dallas Times Herald, November 25, 1963. Cropped from the source image to the portion that was published in 1963.
Author Robert H. Jackson (29)
Other versions File:Ruby shoots Oswald (full).jpg

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This file was reviewed on 27 May 2020 by the administrator or trusted user Mdaniels5757 (talk), who confirmed the Public Domain status on that date.
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current02:17, 18 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 02:17, 18 August 20221,451 × 1,111 (372 KB)Toohool (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 02:55, 9 April 2020 (UTC) - cropping is for historical & copyright reasons - this is the image as it was published
22:45, 17 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 22:45, 17 August 20222,499 × 1,628 (895 KB)Lallint (talk | contribs)Higher resolution, uncropped
02:55, 9 April 2020Thumbnail for version as of 02:55, 9 April 20201,451 × 1,111 (372 KB)Toohool (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by w:Robert H. Jackson (photographer) from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/4428684060 Flickr]. [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2002/06/30/photographer-snapped-oswald-s-murder-a-hair-too-soon-lost-pulitzer-place-in-history-to-rival/ Originally published] in the ''Dallas Times Herald'', November 25, 1963. Cropped from the source image to the portion that was published in 1963. with UploadWizard

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