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.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Image of Secret Service agents reenacting the assassination

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows the first Secret Service reenactment of the assassination of President Kennedy on the afternoon of November 27, 1963. A light-colored convertible representing the presidential limousine is approaching the triple underpass as it travels down Elm Street. One of the agents in the car holds a camera pointed back the way the car came.

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Object title:

Image of Secret Service agents reenacting the assassination

Date:

11/27/1963

Terms:

Motorcycles

Elm Street

Triple underpass

Cameras

Re-enactment

Police

Photographs

Dallas Times Herald

Secret Service

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0053.0009

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Image of Secret Service agents reenacting the assassination

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows the first Secret Service reenactment of the assassination of President Kennedy on the afternoon of November 27, 1963. A light-colored convertible representing the presidential limousine is approaching the triple underpass as it travels down Elm Street. One of the agents in the car holds a camera pointed back the way the car came.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Secret Service agents reenacting the assassination

Date:

11/27/1963

Terms:

Motorcycles

Elm Street

Triple underpass

Cameras

Re-enactment

Police

Photographs

Dallas Times Herald

Secret Service

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0053.0009

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