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Image of a hearse arriving at Parkland Hospital

Original black and white 35mm negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. The image shows a hearse arriving outside Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The image is blurry, but the hearse can be seen in the center of the frame. Several unknown individuals can be seen, including a police officer on the left side of the image, pointing towards the camera.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a hearse arriving at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1963

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

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

Object number:

1994.003.0012.0004

Curatorial Note:

It is not clear which Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. Tom Dillard, Clint Grant, Joe Laird and Bill Winfrey are the photographers who were present when the photograph was taken. In his account, Clint Grant specifically listed seeing Senator Yarbrough and the hearse at Parkland. However, there is no definitive information to single out Grant as the photographer of this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

The new 1964 Cadillac hearse in this photograph was built by the Miller-Meteor Company for display at a funeral home convention held in Dallas one month prior to the assassination. It was subsequently purchased by Oneal Funeral Home in Dallas, which used it on the day of the assassination to carry President Kennedy's body three miles from Parkland Memorial Hospital back to Dallas Love Field. Oneal continued to use this hearse for several years following the assassination before it was sold to a private collector. Restored to its 1963 appearance, the vehicle has since appeared at auction on several occasions. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Image of a hearse arriving at Parkland Hospital

Original black and white 35mm negative by a Dallas Morning News photographer. The image shows a hearse arriving outside Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The image is blurry, but the hearse can be seen in the center of the frame. Several unknown individuals can be seen, including a police officer on the left side of the image, pointing towards the camera.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a hearse arriving at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Hearse

Photographs

Grant, Clint

Laird, Jr., Joe F.

Winfrey, Bill

Dillard, Tom C.

The Dallas Morning News

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

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

Object number:

1994.003.0012.0004

Curatorial Note:

It is not clear which Dallas Morning News photographer took this image. Tom Dillard, Clint Grant, Joe Laird and Bill Winfrey are the photographers who were present when the photograph was taken. In his account, Clint Grant specifically listed seeing Senator Yarbrough and the hearse at Parkland. However, there is no definitive information to single out Grant as the photographer of this image. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager

The new 1964 Cadillac hearse in this photograph was built by the Miller-Meteor Company for display at a funeral home convention held in Dallas one month prior to the assassination. It was subsequently purchased by Oneal Funeral Home in Dallas, which used it on the day of the assassination to carry President Kennedy's body three miles from Parkland Memorial Hospital back to Dallas Love Field. Oneal continued to use this hearse for several years following the assassination before it was sold to a private collector. Restored to its 1963 appearance, the vehicle has since appeared at auction on several occasions. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator