/internal/media/dispatcher/24810/fullImage of an overhead view of the Kennedys greeting the crowd at Love Field11/22/196315/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.6 cm)FilmTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.003.0004.00050Black and white 35mm negative showing President and Jacqueline Kennedy greeting crowds at Love Field on November 22, 1963. The image was taken by Tom C. Dillard, Chief Photographer at The Dallas Morning News.
In the photograph, President and Mrs. Kennedy appear at the top, near the center. The left side of the image is filled with people reaching toward the president and first lady, trying to shake hands with them. There is a chain link fence between the crowd and President and Mrs. Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy is holding a bouquet of roses in her left arm; she is wearing her pink suit.
On the right side of the image is a line of four men, possibly all Secret Service agents. They all are wearing suits and sunglasses. Secret Service agent Clint Hill appears next to President Kennedy, his left hand on the top of a metal stand.
The photographer was somehow elevated; the picture was taken looking down upon its subjects.Photographs640903.60000000002.400000000011798Negative (b&w)0E-10Original black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image shows an overhead view of the Kennedys surrounded by a crowd at Love Field on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.RosesTrip to TexasCrowdsPhotographsHill, ClintKennedy, JacquelineDillard, Tom C.Kennedy, John F.The Dallas Morning NewsSecret ServiceLove FieldDallasThe Museum's WFAA-TV footage of the Kennedys at Dallas Love Field show several journalists, including Tom Dillard, holding their cameras high in the air above their heads, which is how they came to get this 'overhead' view of President and Mrs. Kennedy. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThe U.S. Secret Service agent in the center of this photograph is Paul Landis. The agent visible in the upper right corner is Clint Hill. Both were assigned to Mrs. Kennedy's detail at the time of the assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator