Image of start of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960
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Image of start of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960
Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Kodachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing crowds lined up in downtown Dallas during a parade held for visiting Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon on September 12, 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 while a marching band is heading south on Akard Street.
Image of start of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960
09/12/1960
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Anita Hansen Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2005.018.0025
Photographer Anita Hansen returned to this same location on the following day, September 13, 1960, to witness a similar parade featuring Senator John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of start of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960
Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Kodachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing crowds lined up in downtown Dallas during a parade held for visiting Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon on September 12, 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 while a marching band is heading south on Akard Street.
Image of start of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960
09/12/1960
1960 presidential election
Motorcade
Downtown Dallas
Parade
Presidential campaign
Crowds
Photographs
Akard Street
Commerce Street
Nixon, Richard M.
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
2005.018.0025
Photographer Anita Hansen returned to this same location on the following day, September 13, 1960, to witness a similar parade featuring Senator John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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