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.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Photograph of WFAA-TV interview with Abraham Zapruder

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Photograph of WFAA-TV interview with Abraham Zapruder

Original black and white photograph by an unidentified station photographer showing assassination eyewitness Abraham Zapruder on the right and WFAA-TV program director Jay Watson on the left, during a 2:30 p.m. interview - approximately two hours after the assassination of President Kennedy. The interview appeared live locally in Dallas and on the ABC network.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of WFAA-TV interview with Abraham Zapruder

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Press

Photographer

Photographs

Interviews

Eyewitnesses

Zapruder, Abraham

Watson, Jay

ABC

WFAA-TV

Dallas
Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Credit line:

WFAA-TV Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1998.010.0102

Curatorial Note:

Since all news photographers were out of the building covering breaking news stories, an unknown member of the station's promotions department took several behind-the-scenes pictures, including this one, of newsworthy events happening at WFAA. - Gary Mack, Curator

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Photograph of WFAA-TV interview with Abraham Zapruder

Original black and white photograph by an unidentified station photographer showing assassination eyewitness Abraham Zapruder on the right and WFAA-TV program director Jay Watson on the left, during a 2:30 p.m. interview - approximately two hours after the assassination of President Kennedy. The interview appeared live locally in Dallas and on the ABC network.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of WFAA-TV interview with Abraham Zapruder

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Press

Photographer

Photographs

Interviews

Eyewitnesses

Zapruder, Abraham

Watson, Jay

ABC

WFAA-TV

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Credit line:

WFAA-TV Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1998.010.0102

Curatorial Note:

Since all news photographers were out of the building covering breaking news stories, an unknown member of the station's promotions department took several behind-the-scenes pictures, including this one, of newsworthy events happening at WFAA. - Gary Mack, Curator

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