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 Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Lee Harvey Oswald, surrounded by police detectives, during the midnight press showing at the Dallas Police Department headquarters. A KRLD-TV camera can be seen in the background. A bright light from the photographer's vicinity provides stark illumination in this image.Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Date:

11/23/1963

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Crowds

Microphones

Cameras

Photographer

Detectives

Midnight press conference

Photographs

Reporter

Heikes, Darryl

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Dallas Times Herald

KRLD-TV

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas Police Department

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

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

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0038.0002

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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Lee Harvey Oswald, surrounded by police detectives, during the midnight press showing at the Dallas Police Department headquarters. A KRLD-TV camera can be seen in the background. A bright light from the photographer's vicinity provides stark illumination in this image.Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Crowds

Microphones

Cameras

Photographer

Detectives

Midnight press conference

Photographs

Reporter

Heikes, Darryl

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Dallas Times Herald

KRLD-TV

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

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

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0038.0002

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