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Image of President Kennedy speaking outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth
Image of President Kennedy speaking outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth

Image of President Kennedy speaking outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth

Object number1989.100.0002.0008
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer William Allen
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineWilliam Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows President Kennedy at the podium addressing the audience in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on the morning of November 22, 1963. Texas State Senator Donley "Don" Kennard appears on the left; to the viewer's right of President Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson are visible.
Curatorial Commentary
Across from the spot where Kennedy is standing in this photograph is now the location of a "JFK Tribute" that includes an eight foot bronze sculpture of President Kennedy by Lawrence Ludtke. - Gary Mack, Curator