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Image of dignitaries at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast
Image of dignitaries at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast

Image of dignitaries at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast

Object number1989.100.0003.0005
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 Congressman Jim Wright, Senator Ralph Yarborough, and the Texas governor's wife, Nellie Connally, at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on November 22, 1963.
Curatorial Commentary

Fort Worth political leader James C. "Jim" Wright, Jr. (left) represented Texas's 12th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 to 1989. He was the 56th Speaker of the House, serving under Presidents Reagan and Bush from 1987 to 1989. Mr. Wright passed away on May 6, 2015.

Ralph W. Yarborough was a U.S. Senator from Texas, serving from 1957 to 1971.  At the time of the assassination, he was the leader of the state Democratic Party's liberal or progressive wing and was often at odds with the more conservative Governor John Connally.  President Kennedy's trip to Texas in 1963 was an attempt to ease the friction between these two political factions.  Yarborough passed away in 1996.  - Stephen Fagin, Curator