Texas Theater Dallas
by David and Carol Kelly
Title
Texas Theater Dallas
Artist
David and Carol Kelly
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Photograph - Photograph
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When first opened in 1931, the Texas Theatre was the largest suburban movie theater in Dallas and was part of a chain of theaters financed by Howard Hughes. It was the first theater in Dallas with air conditioning and featured many state-of-the-art luxuries. On November 22, 1963 at approximately 1:45 p.m., nearly 15 Dallas police officers converged on the Texas Theater in search of a man who had entered without paying. That man was Lee Harvey Oswald-the murder suspect in the slaying of Officer J.D. Tippit and later President John F. Kennedy's accused lone assassin. He ducked into the theatre during an in-progress showing of War Is Hell and sat near the back of the auditorium. John Brewer, the manager of the shoe store a few doors east of the theater, had seen him loitering suspiciously outside his store and had noticed he matched the description being broadcast over the radio of the man who had shot local beat officer J. D. Tippit. Mr. Brewer stepped out of his store and saw Oswald enter the theater and he alerted Mrs. Julia Postal, who worked in the box office. She called the police and Mr. Brewer stuck around to point Oswald out to the officers when they arrived.
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