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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Slide #36

One 35mm color image on Ektachrome Transparency slide of a photographer climbing the monument in Dealey Plaza to take pictures, dated November 1966. The man is wearing a suit, holding the camera with his left hand, and grabbing around the monument with his right hand. This slide is in a cardboard mount, and handwritten on the slide in black ink is the number "(36" in the bottom right corner. To the left of the image printed in yellow text is, "MADE IN U.S.A. U.S. PAT. NO. 3.013.354.” Above this in black print is "NOV 66D3" and "10." On the emulsion side of the slide at the bottom left corner is the "Kodak" label and "PROCESSED BY" in blue printed text. Opposite is "Ektachrome Transparency." George Reid was a longtime John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s.

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Slide #36

Date:

November 1966

Terms:

Photographs

Monuments

Photographer

Dealey Plaza
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1996.014.0041

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Slide #36

One 35mm color image on Ektachrome Transparency slide of a photographer climbing the monument in Dealey Plaza to take pictures, dated November 1966. The man is wearing a suit, holding the camera with his left hand, and grabbing around the monument with his right hand. This slide is in a cardboard mount, and handwritten on the slide in black ink is the number "(36" in the bottom right corner. To the left of the image printed in yellow text is, "MADE IN U.S.A. U.S. PAT. NO. 3.013.354.” Above this in black print is "NOV 66D3" and "10." On the emulsion side of the slide at the bottom left corner is the "Kodak" label and "PROCESSED BY" in blue printed text. Opposite is "Ektachrome Transparency." George Reid was a longtime John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s.

Object Details
Object title:

Slide #36

Date:

November 1966

Terms:

Photographs

Monuments

Photographer

Dealey Plaza

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

George Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1996.014.0041

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