{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"3416"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Bill Beal, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Bill Beal. This image shows President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie Connally, in the presidential limousine, followed very closely by a Secret Service car during the most crowded part of the motorcade on Main Street in downtown Dallas. The image was taken from a balcony at the Adolphus Hotel."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"1989.100.0011.0011"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Bill Beal. This image shows the presidential limousine containing President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie Connally followed by a Secret Service vehicle during the motorcade on Main Street the morning of November 22, 1963. The image was taken from a balcony at the Adolphus Hotel. \r\n\r\n\r\nThe negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. The image is labeled #12A on section 2 of negative strip 11."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Film"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/15586/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"15586"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Image of the presidential limousine on Main Street"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Photographs"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/15586/full"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Main Street","Limousine","Police","Motorcade","Photographs","Crowds","Beal, Bill","Kennedy, Jacqueline","Kennedy, John F.","Connally, John","Connally, Nellie","Dallas Times Herald","Adolphus Hotel","Secret Service","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Negative (b&w)"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"11/22/1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["3.6000000000"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Notice the driver's door open on the presidential limousine. This tactic was used in heavily crowded areas to move spectators farther back from the motorcade. This was necessary since, as seen in this photograph, the car stayed to the left, keeping President Kennedy as far away from the crowds as possible. This put Mrs. Kennedy, in the words of U.S. Secret Service agent Clint Hill, \"in a jeopardizing position.\" Hill, as seen here, rode on the back of the presidential limousine whenever he felt that Mrs. Kennedy was too close to the crowds. - Stephen Fagin, Curator","This photo and the others taken from the Adolphus by Bill Beal is a remarkable photographic record for it shows people of all ages and races standing side by side waiting for that rare chance to see a president in person.  Dallas Police and reporters estimated the crowd along the motorcade route was somewhere between 150-200,000 people, which was nearly half the population of the entire city of Dallas.  Granted, some may have been more interested in seeing Jacqueline Kennedy than the president, but all took time out of their day to stand with others for a special moment.  The Adolphus Hotel balcony was removed years ago, but the hotel, just west of the Main and Akard intersection, offered a superb view of both the motorcade and anxious Dallas residents.  The assassination happened about two minutes after passing this spot. - Gary Mack, Curator","Since 1989, the Museum has recorded over 1,500 oral history interviews, many with Dallas motorcade spectators. The institution's ongoing Oral History Project continues to seek recollections on the life, death, and legacy of President Kennedy. If you recognize anyone in this photograph, or if you or someone you know caught a glimpse of President Kennedy in Dallas, please contact the Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"64432"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["2.4000000000"]}}]}