Image of Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in Dallas in 1960

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Image of Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in Dallas in 1960

Original 120 mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Clint Grant. Senator John F. Kennedy rides through downtown Dallas (going south on Akard Street) in the back of an open convertible during a campaign visit on September 13, 1960. Kennedy's running mate, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, is partially visible at the right side of the image. Confetti can be seen throughout the image on the car and Senator Kennedy's hair.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in Dallas in 1960

Date:

09/13/1960

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 cm)

Credit line:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0013

Curatorial Note:

The day before his 1960 Dallas visit, Senator Kennedy made a major address to Greater Houston Ministerial Association at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas (the same hotel he would again visit on November 21, 1963, the day before the assassination). In his televised address on September 12, 1960, Kennedy directly confronted the "religious issue," pointed accusations that he would allow his Catholic faith to influence the execution of his responsibilities as president. His bold confrontation of this question made this one of the most important speeches of the 1960 campaign. He visited Dallas the following day. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Image of Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in Dallas in 1960

Original 120 mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Clint Grant. Senator John F. Kennedy rides through downtown Dallas (going south on Akard Street) in the back of an open convertible during a campaign visit on September 13, 1960. Kennedy's running mate, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, is partially visible at the right side of the image. Confetti can be seen throughout the image on the car and Senator Kennedy's hair.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in Dallas in 1960

Date:

09/13/1960

Terms:

Photographs

Photographer

Presidential campaign

1960 presidential election

Parade

Crowds

Downtown Dallas

Kennedy, John F.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Grant, Clint

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 cm)

Credit line:

The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

Object number:

2014.080.0013

Curatorial Note:

The day before his 1960 Dallas visit, Senator Kennedy made a major address to Greater Houston Ministerial Association at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas (the same hotel he would again visit on November 21, 1963, the day before the assassination). In his televised address on September 12, 1960, Kennedy directly confronted the "religious issue," pointed accusations that he would allow his Catholic faith to influence the execution of his responsibilities as president. His bold confrontation of this question made this one of the most important speeches of the 1960 campaign. He visited Dallas the following day. - Stephen Fagin, Curator