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 of the casket being loaded into a hearse at Parkland Hospital

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. This image shows the president's casket being placed in an Oneal Funeral Home hearse parked at the emergency entrance of Parkland Hospital. Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen in the middle of the crowd at the back of the hearse. Mrs. Kennedy rode to Love Field airport in the hearse with the casket. Assistant White House Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff is visible at the left edge of the photo, with a cigarette in his mouth.

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Image of the casket being loaded into a hearse at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Motorcycles

Casket

Hearse

Police

Photographs

Kennedy, Eamon

Kilduff, Malcolm

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Dallas Times Herald

Oneal Funeral Home

Parkland Hospital

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Eamon Kennedy, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0013.0008

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Image of the casket being loaded into a hearse at Parkland Hospital

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. This image shows the president's casket being placed in an Oneal Funeral Home hearse parked at the emergency entrance of Parkland Hospital. Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen in the middle of the crowd at the back of the hearse. Mrs. Kennedy rode to Love Field airport in the hearse with the casket. Assistant White House Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff is visible at the left edge of the photo, with a cigarette in his mouth.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the casket being loaded into a hearse at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Motorcycles

Casket

Hearse

Police

Photographs

Kennedy, Eamon

Kilduff, Malcolm

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Dallas Times Herald

Oneal Funeral Home

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Eamon Kennedy, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0013.0008

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