/internal/media/dispatcher/24909/fullImage of President and Jackie Kennedy greeting local dignitaries 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 Plaza1994.003.0008.00020Black and white 35mm negative showing President and Jacqueline Kennedy meeting dignitaries at Love Field on November 22, 1963. The image was taken by Tom C. Dillard, Chief Photographer at The Dallas Morning News.
In the image, President and Jacqueline Kennedy are pictured near the center. Mrs. Kennedy is cradling a bouquet of red roses in her left arm. She is wearing her pink suit and her purse hangs by its straps from her forearm; her left side faces the camera. President Kennedy standing behind her; he is looking toward a man on the left side of the image, but his chest is turned toward the camera. He appears to be raising his right hand to shake the man's extended hand.
Governor Connally is standing behind Jacqueline Kennedy; his body can be seen but his face is obscured by her hat.
There are multiple people in the background, some in the line of dignitaries who were waiting to greet President and Mrs. Kennedy when they disembarked from Air Force One.
The body of Air Force One takes up most of the background; the plane's silver, reflective underbelly with a white stripe is visible as well as the row of windows.Photographs640993.60000000002.400000000011840Negative (b&w)0E-10Original black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image is a close-up of President and Mrs. Kennedy greeting one of many dignitaries on the tarmac at Love Field. Mrs. Kennedy carries the roses given to her by Mrs. Dearie Cabell.RosesAir Force OneTrip to TexasPhotographsKennedy, John F.Kennedy, JacquelineConnally, JohnDillard, Tom C.Love FieldThe Dallas Morning NewsDallasThe Museum is frequently asked about the fate of Mrs. Kennedy's distinctive pink suit worn on November 22, 1963. The double-breasted wool suit is often called a "Chanel suit," though it was actually a line-for-line copy made by New York City company Chez Ninon and approved by Chanel. Mrs. Kennedy was photographed wearing the suit on several occasions prior to the fateful day of the assassination. As to its whereabouts today, although it has long been in the care of the National Archives, the suit was formally donated to the Archives by Caroline Kennedy in 2003 with the stipulation that it may not be publicly displayed until at least 2103, one hundred years after the donation, when display may then be approved by the Kennedy family. The stipulation against display, per the gift agreement, is to not "dishonor the memory" of President or Mrs. Kennedy or "cause any grief or suffering to" the Kennedy family. Today, the suit is stored in a custom-made, acid-free box with temperature and humidity control at the National Archives and Records Administration's College Park facility in Maryland. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator