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 Dealey Plaza taken from the top of the grassy knoll

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Image of Dealey Plaza taken from the top of the grassy knoll

35mm Kodachrome II color slide, #9 of 20 images, taken by Jay Skaggs looking south toward the Elm Street sidewalk from atop the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza. This image shows the crowd gathered around a police motorcycle and nearby, a helmeted officer, possibly Clyde Haygood. Witness Charles Brehm appears in his tan jacket behind a person wearing a red scarf.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Dealey Plaza taken from the top of the grassy knoll

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Photographer

Motorcycles

Police

Witnesses

Dealey Plaza

Grassy knoll

Haygood, Clyde

Skaggs, Jay

Brehm, Charles

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Jay Skaggs Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2002.004.0008

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Image of Dealey Plaza taken from the top of the grassy knoll

35mm Kodachrome II color slide, #9 of 20 images, taken by Jay Skaggs looking south toward the Elm Street sidewalk from atop the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza. This image shows the crowd gathered around a police motorcycle and nearby, a helmeted officer, possibly Clyde Haygood. Witness Charles Brehm appears in his tan jacket behind a person wearing a red scarf.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Dealey Plaza taken from the top of the grassy knoll

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Photographer

Motorcycles

Police

Witnesses

Dealey Plaza

Grassy knoll

Haygood, Clyde

Skaggs, Jay

Brehm, Charles

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Jay Skaggs Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2002.004.0008

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