Image of the Kennedys greeting Annie Dunbar

Object number1989.100.0008.0009

Date11/22/1963

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Dallas Times Herald photographer

ObjectNegative (b&w)

Credit LineDallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumFilm

Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

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DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows President and Mrs. Kennedy greeting Kennedy supporter Annie Dunbar at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963. On the very edge of the right side of the image, Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman stands behind President Kennedy, holding a hat and coat. The images on this negative strip were taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. There were three photographers at Love Field that day: John Mazziotta, Bob Jackson and Eamon Kennedy. It is not known which of the three took the pictures on this strip.

Curatorial Commentary

Standing behind Kennedy supporter Annie Dunbar's wheelchair, wearing a hat and raising a film camera, is NBC White House photographer David Wiegman, Jr. Wiegman covered Presidents Eisenhower through Carter for NBC News and traveled with Kennedy on several trips. - Stephen Fagin, Curator