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Image of a police motorcycle and the crowd on Main Street

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Bill Beal. This image shows a police motorcycle moving through the crowd on Main Street after the presidential motorcade passed by. The image was taken from a balcony at the Adolphus Hotel.

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Image of a police motorcycle and the crowd on Main Street

Date:

11/22/1963

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Film

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

Credit line:

Bill Beal, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0011.0017

Curatorial Note:

Since 1989, the Museum has recorded over 1,500 oral history interviews, many with Dallas motorcade spectators. The institution's ongoing Oral History Project continues to seek recollections on the life, death, and legacy of President Kennedy. If you recognize anyone in this photograph, or if you or someone you know caught a glimpse of President Kennedy in Dallas, please contact the Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

This post-motorcade image, showing so many happy, smiling faces, was taken a minutes or two before the assassination. - Gary Mack, Curator

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Image of a police motorcycle and the crowd on Main Street

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Bill Beal. This image shows a police motorcycle moving through the crowd on Main Street after the presidential motorcade passed by. The image was taken from a balcony at the Adolphus Hotel.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a police motorcycle and the crowd on Main Street

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Main Street

Motorcycles

Police

Crowds

Photographs

Beal, Bill

Dallas Times Herald

Adolphus Hotel

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

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

Credit line:

Bill Beal, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0011.0017

Curatorial Note:

Since 1989, the Museum has recorded over 1,500 oral history interviews, many with Dallas motorcade spectators. The institution's ongoing Oral History Project continues to seek recollections on the life, death, and legacy of President Kennedy. If you recognize anyone in this photograph, or if you or someone you know caught a glimpse of President Kennedy in Dallas, please contact the Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

This post-motorcade image, showing so many happy, smiling faces, was taken a minutes or two before the assassination. - Gary Mack, Curator