/internal/media/dispatcher/47522/fullImage of Kennedy supporters in a Dallas parade on September 13, 196009/13/19602 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)FilmAnita Hansen Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2005.018.00070Original 35 mm color slide a car in 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 east across Akard Street toward the Baker Hotel. A white convertible decorated with red, white and blue bunting is driving south on Akard Street. The car is filled with women in uniforms and matching red hats. Many of the women are holding signs; the largest sign reads "VISIT KENNEDY-JOHNSON Campaign Headquarters 1310 MAIN".
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 "7" is printed in the bottom corner of the mount and the date "SEP 60D" is debossed into the cardboard. The words "149 Kennedy - Johnson 10-1960" are handwritten on the mount in blue ball-point pen.Photographs641935.08001016005.080010160033181Slide0E-10Original 35mm color slide of Kennedy supporters riding in an open car in downtown Dallas parade 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 east across Akard Street toward the Baker Hotel. A white convertible decorated with red, white, and blue bunting is driving south on Akard Street. The car is filled with women wearing matching red hats. Many of the women are holding signs, the largest of which reads: "VISIT KENNEDY-JOHNSON Campaign Headquarters 1310 MAIN".
1960 presidential electionDowntown DallasParadePresidential campaignKennedy supporterKodak Ektachrome filmKennedy campaignPhotographsAkard StreetKennedy, John F.DallasThis photo is one of a series believed to have been taken by Dallas resident Anita Hansen, who attended two parades in two days when presidential candidates Richard Nixon and John Kennedy both made campaign stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on September 12th and September 13th, 1960. Hansen photographed both parades. Some of her photos were shot on Kodak Ektachrome film which faded badly over the years. This digital scan of the original slide has been color corrected. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of CollectionsThe Museum's collection also includes a red hat like the ones seen in this photo - see 2004.043.0001 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/46208/). - Katie Womack, Collections ManagerIn 1960, the Dallas campaign office for Senator John F. Kennedy was located at 1310 Main Street. Interestingly, in an FBI inventory of the property recovered from Jack Ruby's home, car and person following his fatal shooting of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, investigators listed a business card for Mr. Joe Fincher, whose business, Graphic House, Inc., was also located at 1310 Main Street in downtown Dallas. - Stephen Fagin, Curator