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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Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue

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Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. Police officers and Dallas County Medical Examiner Earl Rose (at right, wearing glasses) accompany Lee Harvey Oswald's body to the morgue at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Oswald never recovered consciousness and died on the operating table after being shot by Jack Ruby.

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Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Photographer

Morgue

Police

Oswald's corpse

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Rose, Earl F.

Parkland Hospital

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0274.0001

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Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. Police officers and Dallas County Medical Examiner Earl Rose (at right, wearing glasses) accompany Lee Harvey Oswald's body to the morgue at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Oswald never recovered consciousness and died on the operating table after being shot by Jack Ruby.

Object Details
Object title:

Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue

Date:

11/24/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Photographer

Morgue

Police

Oswald's corpse

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Rose, Earl F.

Parkland Hospital

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0274.0001

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