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Black and white photograph of the Secret Service follow up car in Dallas

Black and white photograph of the Kennedy motorcade at Main and Market streets in downtown Dallas. Image shows the Secret Service follow car immediately behind the president's limousine. Agents stand on the running boards, in addition to those seated in the car. Dallas police motorcycle officers Billy Joe Martin (front left) and Bobby Hargis accompany the motorcade while a traffic policeman on a three-wheel motorcycle (left foreground) monitors the crowd on the street.

Object Details
Object title:

Black and white photograph of the Secret Service follow up car in Dallas

Date:

11/22/1963

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)

Credit line:

Jim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.020.0004

Curatorial Note:

This amateur photograph of the presidential parade was taken by Jim Walker, a mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza. Walker took photos of the motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Street. Following the assassination, he also photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and outside the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Mr. Walker, who donated all of his images to the Museum in 2006, recorded an oral history about his experiences on June 6, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

Black and white photograph of the Secret Service follow up car in Dallas

Black and white photograph of the Kennedy motorcade at Main and Market streets in downtown Dallas. Image shows the Secret Service follow car immediately behind the president's limousine. Agents stand on the running boards, in addition to those seated in the car. Dallas police motorcycle officers Billy Joe Martin (front left) and Bobby Hargis accompany the motorcade while a traffic policeman on a three-wheel motorcycle (left foreground) monitors the crowd on the street.

Object Details
Object title:

Black and white photograph of the Secret Service follow up car in Dallas

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Limousine

Main Street

Motorcade

Photographs

Walker, Jim

Hargis, Bobby

Martin, Billy Joe

Secret Service

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

3 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)

Credit line:

Jim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.020.0004

Curatorial Note:

This amateur photograph of the presidential parade was taken by Jim Walker, a mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza. Walker took photos of the motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Street. Following the assassination, he also photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and outside the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Mr. Walker, who donated all of his images to the Museum in 2006, recorded an oral history about his experiences on June 6, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator