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Image of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960
Image of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960

Image of Nixon campaign parade in Dallas on September 12, 1960

Object number2005.018.0027
Date09/12/1960
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Anita Hansen
ObjectSlide
Credit LineAnita Hansen Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm color slide on Kodak Kodachrome Transparency Film taken by local amateur photographer Anita Hansen showing crowds lined up in downtown Dallas during a parade held for visiting Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon on September 12, 1960. The photographer stood on Akard Street near the northwest corner of the intersection with Jackson Street, looking south along Akard Street. Crowds line both sides of Akard Street while the Kilgore Rangerettes march south.
Curatorial Commentary

Photographer Anita Hansen returned to this same location on the following day, September 13, 1960, to witness a similar parade featuring Senator John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. In fact, the Kilgore Rangerettes, seen in this photo, also marched in Senator Kennedy's parade the following day.  

The Kilgore Rangerettes, from Kilgore College in east Texas, started in 1940 and are known as "the first precision dance team in the world."  The Rangerettes continue to perform to the present day. In the early 1960s, the length of their uniform skirts - shortened to above the knee since the program's inception in 1940 - was a subject of some local controversy. - Stephen Fagin, Curator