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Image of a hearse backing into the emergency entrance bay at Parkland Hospital
Image of a hearse backing into the emergency entrance bay at Parkland Hospital

Image of a hearse backing into the emergency entrance bay at Parkland Hospital

Object number1989.100.0012.0010
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Eamon Kennedy
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineEamon Kennedy, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy at Parkland Hospital showing the arrival of a hearse, with casket, from the Oneal Funeral Home on November 22, 1963. The images on this negative strip were taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. There were three photographers at Parkland Hospital that day: John Mazziotta, Bob Jackson and Eamon Kennedy.
Curatorial Commentary

Mortuary owner and funeral director Vernon Oneal (he did not use an apostrophe) drove his firm's most expensive casket to Parkland Hospital and backed into the emergency bay. He was accompanied by his bookkeeper, Ray Gleason.

Dallas Morning News columnist Tony Zoppi can be seen behind poliecemen at right. Zoppi helped carry the casket into Parkland Hospital.  - Gary Mack, Curator