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 of schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson reacting to news of the president's death

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. This image, taken at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963, shows Dallas schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson, standing next to her mother Wilda (far left), reacting to news of the president's death.

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Image of schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson reacting to news of the president's death

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Mourners

Photographs

Kennedy, Eamon

Atkinson, Kathey

Dallas Times Herald

Parkland Hospital

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

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

Credit line:

Eamon Kennedy, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0013.0002

Curatorial Note:

Kathey Atkinson saw President and Mrs. Kennedy at Dallas Love Field earlier that morning. At the moment that this photograph was taken outside of Parkland Memorial Hospital, she and her mother were reacting to news from a Catholic priest that the president had died. This photograph, published on the front page of the Dallas Times Herald the following day, was distributed internationally. Dallas Times Herald women's news editor Vivian Castleberry called it "a symbol of the world's grief." - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson reacting to news of the president's death

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. This image, taken at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963, shows Dallas schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson, standing next to her mother Wilda (far left), reacting to news of the president's death.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson reacting to news of the president's death

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Mourners

Photographs

Kennedy, Eamon

Atkinson, Kathey

Dallas Times Herald

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

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

Credit line:

Eamon Kennedy, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0013.0002

Curatorial Note:

Kathey Atkinson saw President and Mrs. Kennedy at Dallas Love Field earlier that morning. At the moment that this photograph was taken outside of Parkland Memorial Hospital, she and her mother were reacting to news from a Catholic priest that the president had died. This photograph, published on the front page of the Dallas Times Herald the following day, was distributed internationally. Dallas Times Herald women's news editor Vivian Castleberry called it "a symbol of the world's grief." - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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