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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Color photo of flowers on the door to Trauma Room One at Parkland Hospital

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Color photo of flowers on the door to Trauma Room One at Parkland Hospital

Color photo of a flower arrangement hanging on the door to Trauma Room 1 at Parkland Memorial Hospital in memory of President Kennedy on the second anniversary of the assassination in 1965. The photographer, Claire Campbell, was a nurse at Parkland.On the back of the photograph is a white label with black text printed on it that reads: "#6 Parkland Emergency Room in which President Kennedy died Nov. 22, 1963."

Object Details
Object title:

Color photo of flowers on the door to Trauma Room One at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1965

Terms:

Flowers

Memorials

Emergency room

Trauma Room One

Photographs

Kennedy, John F.

Parkland Hospital

Dallas
Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

Credit line:

Claire Campbell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1995.034.0006

Curatorial Note:

In the years after the Kennedy assassination, memorial wreaths were traditionally hung on the door to Trauma Room One to mark the anniversary. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Color photo of flowers on the door to Trauma Room One at Parkland Hospital

Color photo of a flower arrangement hanging on the door to Trauma Room 1 at Parkland Memorial Hospital in memory of President Kennedy on the second anniversary of the assassination in 1965. The photographer, Claire Campbell, was a nurse at Parkland.On the back of the photograph is a white label with black text printed on it that reads: "#6 Parkland Emergency Room in which President Kennedy died Nov. 22, 1963."

Object Details
Object title:

Color photo of flowers on the door to Trauma Room One at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1965

Terms:

Flowers

Memorials

Emergency room

Trauma Room One

Photographs

Kennedy, John F.

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

Credit line:

Claire Campbell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1995.034.0006

Curatorial Note:

In the years after the Kennedy assassination, memorial wreaths were traditionally hung on the door to Trauma Room One to mark the anniversary. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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