/internal/media/dispatcher/17865/fullBlack and white photograph of the Kennedys in the motorcade on Main Street11/22/19633 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)PaperJim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.020.00030Original b&w first-generation print of JFK motorcade at Main & Market streets. Image on Kodak paper. Shows the Presidential limo with a side view of Jackie, with her eyes closed, and John F. Kennedy, with his eyes closed; also, a Sigel’s liquor store sign on the viewer's left.
Back Reads:
"3" (black ink)
"Right in camera angle" (blue ink)
In the accompanying binder, Jim Walker has written a summary of the image, which reads:
"The Presidential Limo"
"Up Close! The crowd was smiling and happy, some were waving and some were clapping. The Kennedys looked happy. At this point, the President and Governor had two blocks to go before being shot. JFK had about one minute to live. This intersection in Dallas is now the location of the Kennedy Memorial. It would later be built on his left. None of the buildings on his right now stand. It is a park."Photographs6350412.06502413008.255016510027350Photograph (b&w)0E-10Black and white photograph of the president's limousine on Main Street in Dallas. The image shows both of the Kennedys in profile, both with their eyes closed. The windshield of a Dallas police motorcycle is in the foreground on the viewer's right.LimousineMain StreetMotorcadePhotographsKennedy, JacquelineKennedy, John F.Walker, JimDallasThis amateur photograph of the Kennedy limousine was taken by Jim Walker, a mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza. Walker took photos of the motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Street. Following the assassination, he also photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and outside the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Mr. Walker, who donated all of his images to the Museum in 2006, recorded an oral history about his experiences on June 6, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator