Image of Senator Kennedy and his sister Pat Lawford during a Texas campaign stop

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Image of Senator Kennedy and his sister Pat Lawford during a Texas campaign stop

Original 120 mm black and white negative taken by The Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. The image shows the stage in Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas, during Senator John F. Kennedy's campaign stop on September 13, 1960. Seated on the stage, from left to right are Kennedy's sister, Pat Lawford, John F. Kennedy, and Edna Willy. Willy is the widow of Lt. Wilford John Willy, who was Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.'s co-pilot when their plane exploded during WWII. Senator Kennedy's wife Jacqueline did not campaign heavily in 1960 because she was expecting a baby. Kennedy's sisters and sisters-in-law often filled in for her on the campaign trail..

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Object title:

Image of Senator Kennedy and his sister Pat Lawford during a Texas campaign stop

Date:

09/13/1960

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 6 cm)

Credit line:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0024

Image of Senator Kennedy and his sister Pat Lawford during a Texas campaign stop

Original 120 mm black and white negative taken by The Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. The image shows the stage in Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas, during Senator John F. Kennedy's campaign stop on September 13, 1960. Seated on the stage, from left to right are Kennedy's sister, Pat Lawford, John F. Kennedy, and Edna Willy. Willy is the widow of Lt. Wilford John Willy, who was Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.'s co-pilot when their plane exploded during WWII. Senator Kennedy's wife Jacqueline did not campaign heavily in 1960 because she was expecting a baby. Kennedy's sisters and sisters-in-law often filled in for her on the campaign trail..

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Senator Kennedy and his sister Pat Lawford during a Texas campaign stop

Date:

09/13/1960

Terms:

Photographs

Presidential campaign

Photographer

1960 presidential election

Fort Worth

Willy, Edna

Kennedy, John F.

Lawford, Patricia Kennedy

Grant, Clint

The Dallas Morning News

Burnett Park

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 6 cm)

Credit line:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0024