Image of Kennedy campaign parade in Dallas on September 13, 1960
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Image of Kennedy campaign parade in Dallas on September 13, 1960
Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing crowds lined up in downtown Dallas prior to a parade held for visiting Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy on September 13, 1960. The photographer stood on Akard Street near the northwest corner of the intersection with Jackson Street, looking north toward Commerce Street. Crowds line both sides of Akard Street as well as the balcony of the Baker Hotel and in front of the Adolphus Hotel on Commerce Street.
Image of Kennedy campaign parade in Dallas on September 13, 1960
09/13/1960
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Anita Hansen Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2005.018.0002
Less than two months after this photograph was taken by Anita Hansen, a significant moment in the 1960 presidential campaign took place near this location on Commerce Street in downtown Dallas. On November 4, 1960, just four days before the election between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon, Kennedy's running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, and his wife, Lady Bird, were accosted by a mob of right-wing demonstrators while crossing the street between the Baker Hotel and the Adolphus Hotel. Particularly in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, this incident was frequently cited as a powerful example of the city's volatile political atmosphere. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of Kennedy campaign parade in Dallas on September 13, 1960
Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing crowds lined up in downtown Dallas prior to a parade held for visiting Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy on September 13, 1960. The photographer stood on Akard Street near the northwest corner of the intersection with Jackson Street, looking north toward Commerce Street. Crowds line both sides of Akard Street as well as the balcony of the Baker Hotel and in front of the Adolphus Hotel on Commerce Street.
Image of Kennedy campaign parade in Dallas on September 13, 1960
09/13/1960
1960 presidential election
Motorcade
Downtown Dallas
Kennedy campaign
Crowds
Presidential campaign
Photographs
Akard Street
Commerce Street
Kennedy, John F.
Adolphus Hotel
Baker Hotel
Dallas
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Anita Hansen Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2005.018.0002
Less than two months after this photograph was taken by Anita Hansen, a significant moment in the 1960 presidential campaign took place near this location on Commerce Street in downtown Dallas. On November 4, 1960, just four days before the election between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon, Kennedy's running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, and his wife, Lady Bird, were accosted by a mob of right-wing demonstrators while crossing the street between the Baker Hotel and the Adolphus Hotel. Particularly in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, this incident was frequently cited as a powerful example of the city's volatile political atmosphere. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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