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Black and white photo of the motorcade as it travels down Main Street
Black and white photo of the motorcade as it travels down Main Street

Black and white photo of the motorcade as it travels down Main Street

Object number1994.003.0106
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Tom C. Dillard
ObjectPhotograph (b&w)
Credit LineTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper, Photo
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Collections
DescriptionBlack and white photographic print taken by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The presidential motorcade travels on Main Street in Dallas; crowds line the street and bunting and confetti can be see over their heads. The presidential limousine is several cars ahead in the motorcade; Dillard was traveling in one of the press cars.
Curatorial Commentary
This photograph appears to have been taken by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard from his position in Camera Car #3 in the Dallas motorcade. Directly behind Dillard's vehicle was Congressman's Car #1, which appears to be the vehicle seen here. The front passenger in this vehicle was Lubbock, Texas, Congressman George Mahon. In the rear seat, from left to right, was Lawrence O'Brien, special assistant to President Kennedy; Austin, Texas, Congressman Homer Thornberry; and Pampa, Texas, Congressman Walter Rogers. The vehicle visible behind Congressman's Car #1 was, naturally, Congressman's Car #2 and carried five more U.S. representatives in the Dallas parade, including Fort Worth Congressman (and future Speaker of the U.S. House) Jim Wright. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator