Image of the Kennedys at Love Field
Object number1989.100.0005.0013
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 the crowd and Secret Service agents at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963. Lady Bird Johnson stands at right, holding a bouquet of yellow roses. Secret Service agent Clint Hill stands behind Mrs. Kennedy, wearing sunglasses. To the right of Hill stands Senator Ralph Yarborough, in profile, smiling.
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 CommentaryThe U.S. Secret Service agent seen between President and Mrs. Kennedy is Winston Lawson, who was the agent-in-charge of presidential security for the Dallas portion of the 1963 trip to Texas. The Secret Service agent walking behind Lawson is Roy Kellerman, who rode in the front passenger seat of the presidential limousine during the Dallas parade. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
