Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Ave in Dallas

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Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Ave in Dallas

Original black and white 5x4" negative of an image of the Kennedy motorcade taken on Lemmon Avenue by Dallas resident Richard Clark.The image shows President John F. Kennedy in the presidential limousine with Governor Connally seated in front of him; both men appear to be looking directly at the camera. The photograph was taken when the front of the limousine was passing the photographer. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and Mrs. Nellie Connally are also partially visible and Secret Service agents Roy Kellerman and William Greer can be seen in the front seat. On the left edge of the image is Secret Service agent Clint Hill. Crowds line the residential street across from the photographer.

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Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Ave in Dallas

Date:

11/22/1963

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Film

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4 x 5 in. (10.2 x 12.7 cm)

Credit line:

Richard Clark Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2003.008.0006

Curatorial Note:

Richard Clark was a yearbook photographer at North Dallas High School, and he took this image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue, near the Oak Lawn intersection. Back at his high school later that day, Clark also took a series of extraordinary images showing students listening to transistor radios and reacting to news of the president's death. Clark donated his photographs to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2003 and recorded an oral history in 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 28, 2024.

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Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Ave in Dallas

Original black and white 5x4" negative of an image of the Kennedy motorcade taken on Lemmon Avenue by Dallas resident Richard Clark.The image shows President John F. Kennedy in the presidential limousine with Governor Connally seated in front of him; both men appear to be looking directly at the camera. The photograph was taken when the front of the limousine was passing the photographer. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and Mrs. Nellie Connally are also partially visible and Secret Service agents Roy Kellerman and William Greer can be seen in the front seat. On the left edge of the image is Secret Service agent Clint Hill. Crowds line the residential street across from the photographer.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Ave in Dallas

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Motorcade

Limousine

Lemmon Avenue

Crowds

Police

Trip to Texas

Greer, William R.

Kellerman, Roy

Connally, John

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Connally, Nellie

Hill, Clint

Clark, Richard

Secret Service

Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

4 x 5 in. (10.2 x 12.7 cm)

Credit line:

Richard Clark Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2003.008.0006

Curatorial Note:

Richard Clark was a yearbook photographer at North Dallas High School, and he took this image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue, near the Oak Lawn intersection. Back at his high school later that day, Clark also took a series of extraordinary images showing students listening to transistor radios and reacting to news of the president's death. Clark donated his photographs to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2003 and recorded an oral history in 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 28, 2024.