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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Photograph of Jim Leavelle and Jean Hill on the set of the movie "JFK"

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Photograph of Jim Leavelle and Jean Hill on the set of the movie "JFK"

Photograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby on the set of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The photograph shows Detective James "Jim" Leavelle with assassination eyewitness Jean Hill in Dealey Plaza. Elm Street and the Dallas County Criminal Courts building can be seen in the background.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of Jim Leavelle and Jean Hill on the set of the movie "JFK"

Date:

April 1991 - May 1991

Terms:

"JFK"

Re-enactment

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street

Photographs

Movie

Stone, Oliver

Irby, Lovita

Leavelle, Jim

Hill, Jean

Dallas County Criminal Courts Building

Dallas
Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

Credit line:

Lovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.017.0082

Curatorial Note:

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005.Like Irby, both Leavelle and Hill were consultants during the Dallas production of JFK. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Photograph of Jim Leavelle and Jean Hill on the set of the movie "JFK"

Photograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby on the set of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The photograph shows Detective James "Jim" Leavelle with assassination eyewitness Jean Hill in Dealey Plaza. Elm Street and the Dallas County Criminal Courts building can be seen in the background.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of Jim Leavelle and Jean Hill on the set of the movie "JFK"

Date:

April 1991 - May 1991

Terms:

"JFK"

Re-enactment

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street

Photographs

Movie

Stone, Oliver

Irby, Lovita

Leavelle, Jim

Hill, Jean

Dallas County Criminal Courts Building

Dallas

Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

Credit line:

Lovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.017.0082

Curatorial Note:

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005.Like Irby, both Leavelle and Hill were consultants during the Dallas production of JFK. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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