Image of Lyndon B. Johnson leaving Parkland Hospital
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Image of Lyndon B. Johnson leaving Parkland Hospital
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer John Mazziotta. This image shows Lyndon B. Johnson, now the President of the United States, and Secret Service agent Rufus Youngblood leaving Parkland Hospital to return to Love Field on November 22, 1963. A white vehicle with rooftop lights, from the Oneal Funeral Home, is visible in the background.The images on this negative strip were taken by John Mazziotta. There were two Dallas Times Herald photographers at Parkland Eamon Kennedy and John Mazziotta. Bob Jackson, another photographer who was at Parkland earlier, was not at the hospital when the Johnsons left.
Image of Lyndon B. Johnson leaving Parkland Hospital
11/22/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
John Mazziotta, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0018.0011
Why did the Johnsons ride in separate cars from Parkland to Love Field? The Secret Service used Lady Bird Johnson as a decoy. Their thinking, according to William Manchester, author of Death of A President, was that if another attack was about to take place, the gunman might recognize her and fire at the wrong car. Johnson, riding on the floor a different car, could not be seen. - Gary Mack, Curator
Image of Lyndon B. Johnson leaving Parkland Hospital
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer John Mazziotta. This image shows Lyndon B. Johnson, now the President of the United States, and Secret Service agent Rufus Youngblood leaving Parkland Hospital to return to Love Field on November 22, 1963. A white vehicle with rooftop lights, from the Oneal Funeral Home, is visible in the background.The images on this negative strip were taken by John Mazziotta. There were two Dallas Times Herald photographers at Parkland Eamon Kennedy and John Mazziotta. Bob Jackson, another photographer who was at Parkland earlier, was not at the hospital when the Johnsons left.
Image of Lyndon B. Johnson leaving Parkland Hospital
11/22/1963
Photographs
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Kennedy, Eamon
Mazziotta, John
Youngblood, Rufus
Secret Service
Dallas Times Herald
Oneal Funeral Home
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
John Mazziotta, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0018.0011
Why did the Johnsons ride in separate cars from Parkland to Love Field? The Secret Service used Lady Bird Johnson as a decoy. Their thinking, according to William Manchester, author of Death of A President, was that if another attack was about to take place, the gunman might recognize her and fire at the wrong car. Johnson, riding on the floor a different car, could not be seen. - Gary Mack, Curator
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