Image of President Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field
Object number1989.100.0005.0021
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 s Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows President Kennedy shaking hands with members of the crowd along the fence line 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 CommentaryThe Love Field control tower and executive offices appear in the background. In 2012, color photographs of the scene taken from the tower (1999.031.0001 - .0006) were used to pinpoint the location of Air Force One when LBJ was sworn in as president three hours later. Noel Cook, an FAA employee at the time, donated his pictures to the Museum in 1999. - Gary Mack, Curator
The U.S. Secret Service agent next to President Kennedy, with a jacket over his arm, is Roy Kellerman, who sat in the front passenger seat of the Kennedy limousine during the Dallas parade. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
