Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

 Paul Doser noticed that Ruby appears to have a hook nose in the image from the Midnight Press Conference. He did NOT have a hook nose. So, why does it look like he does?

I believe they did it to make him look Jewish. Ruby didn't have a hook nose, and most Jews don't. I'm Italian, and I think there are more hook noses among Italians than Jews. It's just a hateful stereotype.

So, it was done for the same reason why Shapespeare's Jewish character Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice, is often given a hook nose, as you see here.

But, that is Ruby on the left, the real Ruby. That's how thin he was, He was not that pudgy Garage Shooter, who looks like the Pillsbury Doughboy.