Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image of President Kennedy speaking outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald photographer William Allen.This photograph shows President Kennedy speaking in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth at about 8:45 a.m. on the day of the assassination. Others seen in the photograph are, left to right: Texas State Senator Donley "Don" Kennard (at left edge), Senator Ralph Yarborough, Texas Governor John Connally, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson.

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Object title:

Image of President Kennedy speaking outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Parking lot speech

Photographs

Speeches

Kennard, Don

Yarborough, Ralph

Connally, John

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Kennedy, John F.

Hotel Texas

Fort Worth
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0001.0014

Curatorial Note:

Across from the spot where Kennedy is standing in this photograph is now the location of a "JFK Tribute" that includes an eight foot bronze sculpture of President Kennedy by Lawrence Ludtke. - Gary Mack, Curator

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Image of President Kennedy speaking outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald photographer William Allen.This photograph shows President Kennedy speaking in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth at about 8:45 a.m. on the day of the assassination. Others seen in the photograph are, left to right: Texas State Senator Donley "Don" Kennard (at left edge), Senator Ralph Yarborough, Texas Governor John Connally, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of President Kennedy speaking outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Parking lot speech

Photographs

Speeches

Kennard, Don

Yarborough, Ralph

Connally, John

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Kennedy, John F.

Hotel Texas

Fort Worth

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0001.0014

Curatorial Note:

Across from the spot where Kennedy is standing in this photograph is now the location of a "JFK Tribute" that includes an eight foot bronze sculpture of President Kennedy by Lawrence Ludtke. - Gary Mack, Curator

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