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Image of Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie at Love Field
Image of Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie at Love Field

Image of Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie at Love Field

Object number2004.058.0055.0001
Date04/22/1964
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Bill Winfrey
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineBill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
Collections
DescriptionBlack and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Bill Winfrey of the Dallas Morning News. Image shows Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie on the tarmac of Love Field airport about 5 months after the Kennedy assassination. Nellie Connally carries a book titled "Dallas Public and Private" by Warren Leslie.
Curatorial Commentary
Published in early 1964, Warren Leslie's Dallas Public and Private: Aspects of an American City was an intense cultural and political study of the city of Dallas immediately before the Kennedy assassination. It examined the city's political climate as well as the steps taken by law enforcement officials to ensure that President and Mrs. Kennedy received a warm welcome in 1963. For researchers and historians, it is an invaluable primary resource in understanding the context of the time period. After many years out of print, the book was reprinted by Southern Methodist University Press in 1998. - Stephen Fagin, Curator