/internal/media/dispatcher/15377/fullImage of President Kennedy greeting the crowd outside the Hotel Texas11/22/196315/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)FilmWilliam Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.0002.00020Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows President Kennedy shaking hands with the crowd in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on the morning of November 22, 1963.
The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. This image is labeled #3 on section 1 of negative strip 2.Photographs632313.60000000002.40000000003172Negative (b&w)Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows President Kennedy shaking hands with the crowd in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on the morning of November 22, 1963.
There are some marks on the surface of the negative strip that appear in the photograph, including what appears to be a black mark on the president's neck.
Fort WorthParking lot speechPhotographsCrowdsAllen, WilliamKennedy, John F.Dallas Times HeraldHotel TexasFort WorthThis photo shows President Kennedy interacting with the crowd and their effort to reach out and touch him. It is a wonderful example of how people responded to him. The diversity of the crowd and the pleasure evident on their faces help us explain Kennedy's charisma to younger, school-age audiences. - Sharron Conrad, Curator of Education