/internal/media/dispatcher/62393/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 Plaza2005.018.00190Original 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 its intersection with Young Street. The photo was taken looking south on Akard. The back of a uniformed marching band can be seen marching away from the photographer. Crowds line both sides of the street.
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 "20" is printed in the bottom corner of the mount and the date "SEP 60D" is debossed into the cardboard. The words "148 Kennedy - Johnson 10-1960" are handwritten on the mount in blue ball-point pen.Photographs650865.08001016005.080010160033193Slide0E-10Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing crowds 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 in between Wood Street and Young Street, looking south toward Young Street. A marching band proceeds down Akard Street following the passage of the campaign car containing John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.1960 presidential electionMotorcadeDowntown DallasParadeKennedy campaignPresidential campaignCrowdsPhotographsAkard StreetKennedy, John F.DallasThe marching band seen in this photograph is the Mighty Maroon Band from Mesquite High School in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb east of downtown Dallas. Although our uniforms had changed slightly by the 1990s, I too was a member of this band a few decades after this photograph was taken. - Stephen Fagin, Curator