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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Photograph of the filming of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

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Photograph of the filming of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Photograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during the filming of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The photograph shows actors playing President Kennedy (Steve Reed), Jacqueline Kennedy (Jodie Farber), Governor John Connally (Randy Means) and Mrs. Nellie Connally (Columbia Dubose) in the movie's replica presidential limousine. Crowds of onlookers can be seen in the background.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of the filming of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Date:

April 1991 - May 1991

Terms:

"JFK"

Re-enactment

Dealey Plaza

Photographs

Movie

Stone, Oliver

Irby, Lovita

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Reed, Steve

Farber, Jodie

Means, Randy

Dubose, Columbia

Dallas
Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

Credit line:

Lovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.017.0038

Curatorial Note:

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Photograph of the filming of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Photograph taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during the filming of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza. The photograph shows actors playing President Kennedy (Steve Reed), Jacqueline Kennedy (Jodie Farber), Governor John Connally (Randy Means) and Mrs. Nellie Connally (Columbia Dubose) in the movie's replica presidential limousine. Crowds of onlookers can be seen in the background.

Object Details
Object title:

Photograph of the filming of the movie "JFK" in Dealey Plaza

Date:

April 1991 - May 1991

Terms:

"JFK"

Re-enactment

Dealey Plaza

Photographs

Movie

Stone, Oliver

Irby, Lovita

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Reed, Steve

Farber, Jodie

Means, Randy

Dubose, Columbia

Dallas

Medium:

Paper, Photo

Dimensions:

4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)

Credit line:

Lovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.017.0038

Curatorial Note:

As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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