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Image of the Kennedys disembarking from Air Force One at Dallas Love Field
Image of the Kennedys disembarking from Air Force One at Dallas Love Field

Image of the Kennedys disembarking from Air Force One at Dallas Love Field

Object number1994.003.0007.0003
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Tom C. Dillard
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.6 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image shows First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and President Kennedy disembarking from Air Force One at Love Field on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Governor Connally and Nellie Connally follow the Kennedys down the stairs. At the base of the stairs Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson can be seen waiting to greet President and Mrs Kennedy.
Curatorial Commentary
The man saluting at the bottom of the Eastern Airlines staircase is the late John Polanichka, a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant who served as an Air Force One security guard for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Next to Polanichka, facing away from the camera, is the late U.S. Secret Service agent Win Lawson. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 8, 2024.