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

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Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination

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Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination

Original black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image shows the Texas School Book Depository building during the spring of 1964. The photographer stood near the western edge of Dealey Plaza looking back up Elm Street toward the Depository building. According to the Hertz sign atop the building, the time was 12:34.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination

Date:

1964

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street

Hertz sign

Photographs

The Dallas Morning News

Dal-Tex Building

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0039.0002

Curatorial Note:

It is unclear what Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

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Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination

Original black and white negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. This image shows the Texas School Book Depository building during the spring of 1964. The photographer stood near the western edge of Dealey Plaza looking back up Elm Street toward the Depository building. According to the Hertz sign atop the building, the time was 12:34.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the Texas School Book Depository taken the year after the assassination

Date:

1964

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street

Hertz sign

Photographs

The Dallas Morning News

Dal-Tex Building

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)

Credit line:

Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.003.0039.0002

Curatorial Note:

It is unclear what Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

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