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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Image of President Kennedy deplaning in Dallas in 1961

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. President John F. Kennedy steps out of Air Force One onto an American Airlines ladder at Love Field. The president was in Dallas to visit Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn at Baylor Hospital on October 9, 1961.

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Object title:

Image of President Kennedy deplaning in Dallas in 1961

Date:

10/09/1961

Terms:

Photographs

Photographer

Air Force One

Kennedy, John F.

Rayburn, Sam

Salinger, Pierre

The Dallas Morning News

Love Field

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 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:

2014.080.0136

Curatorial Note:

The individual following behind President Kennedy is Pierre Salinger (1925-2004), who served as White House Press Secretary from January 1961 to March 1964. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of President Kennedy deplaning in Dallas in 1961

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. President John F. Kennedy steps out of Air Force One onto an American Airlines ladder at Love Field. The president was in Dallas to visit Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn at Baylor Hospital on October 9, 1961.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of President Kennedy deplaning in Dallas in 1961

Date:

10/09/1961

Terms:

Photographs

Photographer

Air Force One

Kennedy, John F.

Rayburn, Sam

Salinger, Pierre

The Dallas Morning News

Love Field

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 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:

2014.080.0136

Curatorial Note:

The individual following behind President Kennedy is Pierre Salinger (1925-2004), who served as White House Press Secretary from January 1961 to March 1964. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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