Image of the Kennedys greeting the crowd at Love Field
Object number1989.100.0005.0014
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 greeting the crowd at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963.
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 CommentaryKennedy's decision to depart from his schedule to greet the public caused some concern among the Secret Service agents, so they clustered around the Kennedys while they shook hands with members of the crowd. - Gary Mack, Curator
The U.S. Secret Service agent in sunglasses next to Mrs. Kennedy is Clint Hill, who would later jump onto the back of the presidential limousine during the assassination. The tall agent behind President Kennedy, holding a coat over his arm, is Roy Kellerman, who sat in the front passenger seat of the presidential limousine during the Dallas parade. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
