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 a Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Fort Worth in 1960

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Image of a Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Fort Worth in 1960

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by The Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. Senator John F. Kennedy and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson ride in the back of a convertible during a campaign visit to Fort Worth on September 13, 1960. Judge Sarah T. Hughes sits between them. Senator Johnson is signing an autograph and Senator Kennedy shakes one of the many hands extended toward him. The car is surrounded by crowds. In the top left of the image, a sign declaring "Eastland County All the Way for Kennedy Johnson" is visible. This image was taken after Senator Kennedy gave a campaign speech in Burnett Park.

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Object title:

Image of a Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Fort Worth in 1960

Date:

09/13/1960

Terms:

Photographs

Presidential campaign

Campaign

Photographer

1960 presidential election

Parade

Crowds

Presidential elections

Elections

Fort Worth

Kennedy, John F.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Hughes, Sarah T.

Grant, Clint

The Dallas Morning News
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:

2014.080.0017

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Image of a Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Fort Worth in 1960

Original 120mm black and white negative taken by The Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. Senator John F. Kennedy and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson ride in the back of a convertible during a campaign visit to Fort Worth on September 13, 1960. Judge Sarah T. Hughes sits between them. Senator Johnson is signing an autograph and Senator Kennedy shakes one of the many hands extended toward him. The car is surrounded by crowds. In the top left of the image, a sign declaring "Eastland County All the Way for Kennedy Johnson" is visible. This image was taken after Senator Kennedy gave a campaign speech in Burnett Park.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Fort Worth in 1960

Date:

09/13/1960

Terms:

Photographs

Presidential campaign

Campaign

Photographer

1960 presidential election

Parade

Crowds

Presidential elections

Elections

Fort Worth

Kennedy, John F.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Hughes, Sarah T.

Grant, Clint

The Dallas Morning News

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:

2014.080.0017

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