/internal/media/dispatcher/62387/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 Plaza2005.018.00120Original 35 mm color slide showing 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. The face of a man in military uniform can be seen in the foreground and behind him, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, riding in a convertible. Crowds on the street press in on the candidates and crowds fill the hotel balcony above.
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 "12" is printed in the bottom corner of the mount and the date "SEP 60D" is debossed into the cardboard. The words "141 Kennedy - Johnson 10-1960" are handwritten on the mount in blue ball-point pen.Photographs650835.08001016005.080010160033186Slide0E-10Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, candidate for Vice President, in downtown Dallas during a parade held on September 13, 1960. The photographer stood on Akard Street near the northwest corner of the intersection with Jackson Street, looking directly at Kennedy and Johnson as their car passed the Baker Hotel. Crowds are visible in the background, and a member of the military chosen to guard the candidates is visible in the foreground.1960 presidential electionMotorcadeDowntown DallasKennedy campaignParadeCrowdsPresidential campaignPhotographsAkard StreetKennedy, John F.Johnson, Lyndon B.Baker 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. Seeing both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson at this particular location in September 1960 makes this quite a unique photograph. - Stephen Fagin, Curator