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Image of the Kennedys at Love Field
Image of the Kennedys at Love Field

Image of the Kennedys at Love Field

Object number1989.100.0005.0004
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Eamon Kennedy
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineEamon Kennedy, 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)
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows President and Mrs. Kennedy among Secret Service agents at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963. The man in sunglasses standing directly behind Jacqueline Kennedy is Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent assigned to the First Lady. The images on this negative strip were taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. There were three photographers at Love Field that day: John Mazziotta, Bob Jackson and Eamon Kennedy.
Curatorial Commentary
The U.S. Secret Service agent directly behind Mrs. Kennedy is Clint Hill who would later jump onto the back of the presidential limousine during the assassination.  In the left rear of this photograph, the balding man with his hands behind his back is American Airlines executive Walter Henry Hagan, who served as the celebrity greeter for Dallas Love Field at the time. Standing to the right of Mr. Hagan, reaching into his suit jacket, is Assistant White House Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff, who would later officially announce the death of President Kennedy to reporters at Parkland Memorial Hospital. - Stephen Fagin, Curator