{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"32978"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"John E. Sissom Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Final edition of the Dallas Times Herald newspaper, published on November 23, 1963. The front-page headline reads, \"LBJ Asks Divine Help / Murder Charge Lodged,\" followed by subheadings \"Mumbling Denial, ex-Marine Held In JFK's Death,\" \"Day of Prayer,\" \"Let Us Search Our Hearts,\" \"Connally Learns of JFK's Death,\" \"Johnson Takes Reigns, Pledges 'Do My Best'\" and \"President's Body Lying in Repose.\" The photograph on the front page was taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy, showing young Kathey Atkinson crying outside of Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963. The front-page articles summarize the aftermath of the assassination, with details on Parkland Memorial Hospital, an announcement for a day or prayer, key evidence in the ongoing investigation, Governor John Connally's recovery at Parkland, Lyndon B. Johnson's succession, and funeral plans in Washington, D.C."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"1989.114.0195"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"The Dallas Times Herald from November 23, 1963. Saturday Evening. Final Edition. No Stars. 87th Year--No. 293. 2 Parts. Price Five Cents.\r\n\r\nPart A: News; Part B: Homes, Classified, Real Estate, Construction, Remodeling.\r\n\r\nFront page headlines: \"\"LBJ Asks Divine Help: Johnson Takes Reins, Pledges 'Do My Best';\" Murder Charge Lodged: Mumbling Denial, Ex-Marine Held in JFK's Death;\" \"Day of Prayer;\" \"An Editorial: Let Us Search Our Hearts;\" \"Connally Learns of JFK's Death;\" \"President's Body Lying in Repose.\"\r\n\r\nFront page image: \"The Grief of a Nation: Outside Parkland Hospital, an unidentified girl learns of the President's death,\" by Eamon Kennedy.\r\n\r\nThis paper is a duplicate of objects numbered 1989.114.0019 and 1989.114.0196.  .0019 is missing Section B; .0196 is a complete copy."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Newsprint"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/9860/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"9860"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Dallas Times Herald newspaper from the day after the assassination"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Newspapers & Magazines"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/9860/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Mourners","Wounds","Rifles","Newspapers","Wounds","Oak Cliff","Evidence","Social and political climate","Cold War","Catholicism","Kennedy, Eamon","Johnson, Lyndon B.","Kennedy, John F.","Connally, John","Oswald, Lee Harvey","Cabell, Dearie","Tippit, J.D.","Wade, Henry M.","Fritz, Will","Connally, Nellie","Rusk, Dean","Eisenhower, Dwight D.","Kennedy, Jacqueline","Dallas Times Herald","Parkland Hospital","John F. Kennedy Museum (Dallas)","American Fact-Finding Committee","Texas School Book Depository","Parkland Hospital","Bethesda Naval Hospital","White House","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Newspaper"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"11/23/1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["38.5000000000"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["This object is featured in the Museum's special exhibit, \"On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963,\" which opened on April 29, 2026.","The famous photograph of Dallas schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson in tearful prayer at Parkland Memorial Hospital was captured by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. The Museum's Dallas Times Herald Collection (1989.100) includes the original negative: Image of schoolgirl Kathey Atkinson reacting to news of the president's death \u2013 Works \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. After Atkinson was identified as the crying girl at Parkland, she received some media attention. As a part of this publicity, Dallas Times Herald chief photographer John Mazziotta took a photograph of Kathey holding a copy of this newspaper alongside photographer Eamon Kennedy: Image of Kathey Atkinson with Dallas Times Herald photographer Eamon Kennedy \u2013 Works \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.   \r\n\r\nAtkinson, who passed away in 2013, recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2011: Kathey Atkinson Oral History \u2013 Works \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator","A native of Ireland, Eamon Kennedy was a staff photographer at the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. On the weekend of the Kennedy assassination, he captured images at Dallas Love Field, Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff and Dallas police headquarters. He later covered the 1964 Jack Ruby trial and the Warren Commission's visit to Dallas. \r\nAs a longtime friend of the Museum, he recorded several oral history interviews and programs. His interview from May 2014 can be viewed on the Museum\u2019s online collection database here: Eamon Kennedy Oral History \u2013 Works \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. \r\n\r\nOther objects related to Mr. Kennedy, including several of his images, may be found here: Thesaurus \u2013 Vocabularies \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"73236"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"22 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (57.9 x 38.5 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["57.9000000000"]}}]}