tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404500052876853876.post2909831276269966034..comments2024-03-25T21:43:09.809+00:00Comments on Sands Media Services: Death on the front page: Right or wrong?Peter Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353740636707756851noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404500052876853876.post-77236809189735880512012-01-11T21:40:25.530+00:002012-01-11T21:40:25.530+00:00Peter - Great to see the Jack Ruby photo on your b...Peter - Great to see the Jack Ruby photo on your blog. This has to be the ultimate in being in the right place at the right time. <br />Some 20 years ago I was visiting The Bonham Daily Favourite, a tiny paper in rural north Texas. <br />They had a pile of old papers gathering dust at the back of the office, which I rifled through - and found The Dallas Times Herald from 25.11.63 - the very day's paper for which staff photographer Bob Jackson took this photo - and subsequently won the Pullitzer Prize for. <br />(Not surprisingly they used it full width of the front page).<br />To my amazement, my hosts very kindly asked me if I wanted to keep the paper, as a gift. It has been on the wall of my study ever since:<br />Here's a picture of it -<br /><br />http://yfrog.com/hw97336234j<br /><br />Over the years I've been fascinated by this photo, given it looks down on me every day.<br />I've even taped and watched the film footage of Ruby being transferred in that Dallas garage frame by frame - you can see the exact frame in which Jackson's flash gun goes off as the bullet is fired. Astonishing.<br />The Dallas Times Herald, by the way won three Pullitzer Prizes, all for photography. It survived as an afternoon paper for 103 years before it was bought out by a competitor in 1991 - and closed the next day.<br />If I ever hit the skids, expect to see my (famous) copy on e-bay.<br />TimTim Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306619779716713003noreply@blogger.com