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 Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building

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Image of Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building

Original 35mm color image on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency slide taken by amateur photographer George Reid. Immediately after the assassination and in the following days and weeks, people left flowers and mementos in Dealey Plaza in honor of President Kennedy. This image was taken the weekend of the assassination and shows flower memorials and groups of mourners in Dealey Plaza looking towards Elm Street and the Texas School Book Depository building, on the roof of which can be seen the iconic Hertz sign.

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Object title:

Image of Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building

Date:

11/24/1963 - 11/25/1963

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Hertz sign

Elm Street

Photographs

Photographer

Crowds

Flowers

Mementos

Reid, George

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1996.014.0098

Curatorial Note:

George Reid was a longtime John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

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Image of Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building

Original 35mm color image on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency slide taken by amateur photographer George Reid. Immediately after the assassination and in the following days and weeks, people left flowers and mementos in Dealey Plaza in honor of President Kennedy. This image was taken the weekend of the assassination and shows flower memorials and groups of mourners in Dealey Plaza looking towards Elm Street and the Texas School Book Depository building, on the roof of which can be seen the iconic Hertz sign.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building

Date:

11/24/1963 - 11/25/1963

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Hertz sign

Elm Street

Photographs

Photographer

Crowds

Flowers

Mementos

Reid, George

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1996.014.0098

Curatorial Note:

George Reid was a longtime John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

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