/internal/media/dispatcher/62382/fullImage of Kennedy campaign parade in Dallas on September 13, 196009/13/19602 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)FilmAnita Hansen Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2005.018.00040Original 35 mm color slide showing a marching band in at the start of a parade held in downtown Dallas for visiting Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy on September 13, 1960.
The photographer stood on Akard Street near the northwest corner of its intersection with Jackson Street. The photo was taken looking north on Akard Street toward Commerce Street. Crowds line Akard Street and the balcony of the Baker Hotel. The Adolphus Hotel can be seen in the upper left of the photo. A marching band in matching uniforms and hats is marching south on Akard Street, toward where the photographer is standing.
The slide is housed in a cardboard slide mount that is printed with the words "KODAK EKTACHROME TRANSPARENCY / PROCESSED BY Kodak" on the back and "MADE IN U.S.A." on the front. A red number "4" is printed in the bottom corner of the mount and the date "SEP 60D" is debossed into the cardboard. The words "158 Kennedy - Johnson 10-1960" are handwritten on the mount in blue ball-point pen.Photographs641905.08001016005.080010160033178Slide0E-10Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing crowds lined up in downtown Dallas during a parade held for visiting Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy on September 13, 1960. The photographer stood on Akard Street near the northwest corner of the intersection with Jackson Street, looking north toward Commerce Street. Crowds line both sides of Akard Street as well as the balcony of the Baker Hotel and in front of the Adolphus Hotel on Commerce Street while a marching band proceeds down Akard Street.1960 presidential electionMotorcadeDowntown DallasKennedy campaignParadeCrowdsPresidential campaignMusicPhotographsAkard StreetCommerce StreetKennedy, John F.Adolphus HotelBaker HotelDallasLess than two months after this photograph was taken by Anita Hansen, a significant moment in the 1960 presidential campaign took place near this location on Commerce Street in downtown Dallas. On November 4, 1960, just four days before the election between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon, Kennedy's running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, and his wife, Lady Bird, were accosted by a mob of right-wing demonstrators while crossing the street between the Baker Hotel and the Adolphus Hotel. Particularly in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, this incident was frequently cited as a powerful example of the city's volatile political atmosphere. - Stephen Fagin, Curator