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Image of President and Jackie Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field
Image of President and Jackie Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field

Image of President and Jackie Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field

Object number1994.003.0010.0001
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)
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DescriptionOriginal black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image shows the Kennedys from behind surrounded by a crowd at Love Field on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Members of the press stand behind the Kennedys while members of the crowd reach to shake the hands of President and Mrs. Kennedy.
Curatorial Commentary
The infant seen at top center-right in this photograph is fifteen-month-old Peggy Vaughan, who was at Dallas Love Field that day with her mother, Kathleen Vaughan. Kathleen and daughter Peggy recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2018 and donated both the dress that Mrs. Vaughan wore that day as well as the distinctive striped sailor outfit that Peggy wore when she had her brief interaction with President and Mrs. Kennedy along the fence line at Love Field. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator