/internal/media/dispatcher/24781/fullImage of the crowd gathered at Love Field to welcome President Kennedy to Dallas11/22/196315/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.6 cm)FilmTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.003.0003.00040Black and white 35mm negative showing a portion of the crowd at Love Field waiting for President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The image was taken by Tom C. Dillard, Chief Photographer at The Dallas Morning News.
The photograph shows the crowd behind a chain link fence. In the lower left corner there are three women leaning on the fence. Several people are holding handmade welcome signs; on the left side there is a printed campaign sign. Near the foreground of the image is a homemade sign that reads, "All The Way With JFK In Big D, Grass Roots Dem." In the back of the crowd pictured is a sign reading, "LET'S BARRY (underlined) KING JOHN."
The photographer appears to have been elevated and looking down at the crowd to take the image.Photographs640863.60000000002.400000000011784Negative (b&w)0E-10Original black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image shows the crowd at Love Field waiting on the arrival of the Kennedys for the motorcade through Dallas on November 22, 1963. The crowd is behind a chain-link fence, and many people hold signs welcoming President Kennedy to Dallas. The largest sign in this image reads "Let's Barry King John," a reference to Republican Senator Barry Goldwater's upcoming presidential campaign.CrowdsPhotographsSignDillard, Tom C.Love FieldThe Dallas Morning NewsDallasOf the few anti-Kennedy signs seen at Dallas Love Field, by far the most prominent was the large "Let's Barry King John" banner, which references Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who was by late 1963 was considered the likely Republican nominee for president in 1964. In addition to its large size, this anti-Kennedy sign is best remembered for its extreme poor taste in retrospect since plays on Sen. Goldwater's first name to reference a burial of "King John." A conspicuous Confederate battle flag was also prominently displayed at Dallas Love Field, though whether that was a sign of protest or southern school spirit remains in question. Other less prominent anti-Kennedy signs at the airport read: "Yankee Go Home and Take Your Equals With You," an explicit reference to President Kennedy's support of the Civil Rights Movement, and "Help JFK Stamp Out Democracy." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator