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Image of President Kennedy shaking hands outside the Hotel Texas
Image of President Kennedy shaking hands outside the Hotel Texas

Image of President Kennedy shaking hands outside the Hotel Texas

Object number1989.100.0002.0014
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)
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DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald photographer William Allen. This image shows President Kennedy shaking hands with members of the crowd outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth the morning of November 22, 1963. The photographer was standing above and behind the president.
Curatorial Commentary
This photo shows the extraordinarily diverse crowd that greeted President Kennedy in Fort Worth. It is also demonstrates how people brought their cameras out to document the president's visit that day. - Sharron Conrad, Curator of Education
In the crowd that morning was eight-year-old Fort Worth native, and future Hollywood actor, Bill Paxton (Titanic, Apollo 13, HBO's "Big Love").  In his oral history with the Museum in 2007, he remarked, "It was like seeing a movie star for me....  [Kennedy] seemed tan and very jocular....   You could just feel there was an electricity in the air.  It was something."  - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator