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 the sixth floor of the former Book Depository before renovations

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Image of the sixth floor of the former Book Depository before renovations

Black and white photograph of the southeast corner of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building before renovations began in the 1980s.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the sixth floor of the former Book Depository before renovations

Date:

01/06/1983

Terms:

Photographs

Renovation

George, Eugene

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

5 x 6 1/4 in. (12.7 x 15.9 cm)

Credit line:

Eugene George Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.044.0050

Curatorial Note:

Beginning shortly after the Kennedy assassination and continuing into the 1980s, souvenir hunters chipped away at the brickwork surrounding the "sniper's perch" in the southeast corner of the sixth floor. This photograph, taken before restoration work was started, shows a great deal of damage to the bricks on the lower left side of the southeast corner window. Before the opening of The Sixth Floor Exhibit in February 1989, workers repaired the damage and returned the "sniper's perch" to its appearance on November 22, 1963. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of the sixth floor of the former Book Depository before renovations

Black and white photograph of the southeast corner of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building before renovations began in the 1980s.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the sixth floor of the former Book Depository before renovations

Date:

01/06/1983

Terms:

Photographs

Renovation

George, Eugene

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

5 x 6 1/4 in. (12.7 x 15.9 cm)

Credit line:

Eugene George Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.044.0050

Curatorial Note:

Beginning shortly after the Kennedy assassination and continuing into the 1980s, souvenir hunters chipped away at the brickwork surrounding the "sniper's perch" in the southeast corner of the sixth floor. This photograph, taken before restoration work was started, shows a great deal of damage to the bricks on the lower left side of the southeast corner window. Before the opening of The Sixth Floor Exhibit in February 1989, workers repaired the damage and returned the "sniper's perch" to its appearance on November 22, 1963. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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