Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Roy Botello film

Original 8mm color home movie of President and Mrs. Kennedy attending the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) dinner in Houston on November 21, 1963. The film does not include sound but does show both President and Mrs. Kennedy making speeches; Mrs. Kennedy spoke in Spanish. The film was shot by San Antonio LULAC officer Roy Botello, who served as LULAC’s first-ever Scholarship Chairman.

Object Details
Object title:

Roy Botello film

Date:

11/21/1963

Terms:

Films

Speeches

LULAC dinner

Home movie

Trip to Texas

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Botello, Roy

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

Houston
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

Gauge: 8mm; Camera Speed: 16 fps

Credit line:

Roy Botello Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.005.0001

Curatorial Note:

8mm home movie cameras did not have sound recording capability at the time, so Roy Botello's film is silent. His is the only known color home movie of the LULAC event. - Gary Mack, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 8, 2024.

Mr. Botello recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 19, 2011. It may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/33018. He passed away on December 4, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Roy Botello film

Original 8mm color home movie of President and Mrs. Kennedy attending the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) dinner in Houston on November 21, 1963. The film does not include sound but does show both President and Mrs. Kennedy making speeches; Mrs. Kennedy spoke in Spanish. The film was shot by San Antonio LULAC officer Roy Botello, who served as LULAC’s first-ever Scholarship Chairman.

Object Details
Object title:

Roy Botello film

Date:

11/21/1963

Terms:

Films

Speeches

LULAC dinner

Home movie

Trip to Texas

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Botello, Roy

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

Houston

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

Gauge: 8mm; Camera Speed: 16 fps

Credit line:

Roy Botello Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.005.0001

Curatorial Note:

8mm home movie cameras did not have sound recording capability at the time, so Roy Botello's film is silent. His is the only known color home movie of the LULAC event. - Gary Mack, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 8, 2024.

Mr. Botello recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 19, 2011. It may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/33018. He passed away on December 4, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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