/internal/media/dispatcher/17867/fullBlack and white photograph of the Secret Service follow up car in Dallas11/22/19633 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)PaperJim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.020.00040Original b&w first-generation print of JFK motorcade at Main & Market streets. Image on Kodak paper. Shows escort motorcycle officers Billy Joe Martin (L) and Bobby Hargis (R) and a traffic policeman on a three-wheel motorcycle on the viewer's bottom left. Shows the Secret Service car behind the Presidential limo.
Back Reads:
"4" (black ink)
"President & Jackie leaving Jim's position"
In the accompanying binder, Jim Walker has written a summary of the image, which reads:
"Dallas Police and the Secret Service had their work cut out for them. Look at all the doors, windows, roofs, people on fire escapes and the huge crowd. It would be impossible to prevent an assassination attempt if the person was determined. On the Presidential follow-up car were eight Secret Service Agents along with Presidential Assistants David F. Powers and Kenneth O'Donnell riding in the middle jump seats. The Presidential limo is only a few feet ahead of them. About one block away is the building where they turned right, then left and the shots were fired."Photographs6350512.06502413008.255016510027351Photograph (b&w)0E-10Black and white photograph of the Kennedy motorcade at Main and Market streets in downtown Dallas. Image shows the Secret Service follow car immediately behind the president's limousine. Agents stand on the running boards, in addition to those seated in the car. Dallas police motorcycle officers Billy Joe Martin (front left) and Bobby Hargis accompany the motorcade while a traffic policeman on a three-wheel motorcycle (left foreground) monitors the crowd on the street.LimousineMain StreetMotorcadePhotographsWalker, JimHargis, BobbyMartin, Billy JoeSecret ServiceDallasThis amateur photograph of the presidential parade 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