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Post by Arjan Hut on Apr 14, 2020 4:19:46 GMT -5
320 Jacket, cap, shoes & identity of 'marble works Lee Oswald'Adding to the Bogard incident, we have learned that there was a man using the name "Lee Oswald" seeking employment as a sand blaster at the Dal-Land Memorials at 116 West Commerce. This company also does sand blasting and is located just cross the Trinity River from the Downtown Lincoln Mercury place of business. This man came to the marble works for four or five days, and even went out on jobs with the employees seeking employment. He left a jacket, a cap and a pair of shoes at the firm. These items were picked up a few months after the assassination by a person using a fictitious reason for being at the place of business. He claimed a woman at The Dallas Morning News wanted the items for souvenirs. The location of Dal-Land must have been right between Oswald's rooming house and the TSBD.
This marble works "Lee Oswald" was a chain smoker and bragged constantly about having driven a green 1956 pickup truck from California to Texas. The pickup, he told other sandblasters, was in a garage for an overhaul. (Penn Jones, Forgive my grief II, p. 36/37)
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Post by Arjan Hut on Apr 14, 2020 4:22:03 GMT -5
1966 ad for Dal-land Memorials, they have now moved to N. Beckley.
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Post by Arjan Hut on Apr 14, 2020 4:31:32 GMT -5
The new location in '66: Downtown Dallas seen from N. Beckley:
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Post by Arjan Hut on Apr 14, 2020 4:46:15 GMT -5
"These items were picked up a few months after the assassination by a person using a fictitious reason for being at the place of business. He claimed a woman at The Dallas Morning News wanted the items for souvenirs."This phrase is not clear to me. Some guy claiming that he is picking these items up for 'a woman' at the Dallas Morning News? And how does Jones' informant know this is fictitious? And why did he give the items anyway? And what did the Marble Oswald look like?!!The Dallas Morning News was just a short drive from Dealey Plaza and Dal-Land Memorials, at 508 Young Street (see also # 71 Jim Hood Photograph):
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Post by Arjan Hut on Apr 14, 2020 6:09:38 GMT -5
"During the latter part of July Oswald applied for a job at Mason [sic] Marble and Granite on North Jefferson Davis Parkway. He was not hired because of numerous errors on his employment application, such as listing his age as 25, and giving the telephone number of a residence where he was not residing. One of the references Oswald listed on the application was "Charles Harrison" of Tulane University." (John Armstrong, Harvey & Lee, p. 551)
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