/internal/media/dispatcher/15609/fullImage of two grieving women outside of Parkland Hospital11/22/196315/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)FilmEamon Kennedy, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.0013.00030Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. This image shows an unidentified woman outside of Parkland Hospital reacting to the news of President Kennedy being shot.
The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. The image is labeled #10 on section 1 of negative strip 13.Photographs633133.60000000002.40000000003456Negative (b&w)Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. This image shows two unidentified women outside of Parkland Hospital reacting to news of President Kennedy's death.MournersPhotographsKennedy, EamonDallas Times HeraldParkland HospitalDallasThe two women in this image are deeply stricken by the news of President Kennedy's death. Like many others, they had gathered outside Parkland Hospital after the shooting, hoping to hear that the president would be fine. This image of their emotional reaction is one of the most affecting images in the Museum's collection. If you are able to help us identify the women in the photo, we would be deeply grateful to hear from you. We have always wanted to be able to learn their names. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of CollectionsA native of Ireland, Eamon Kennedy was a staff photographer at the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. On the weekend of the Kennedy assassination, he captured images at Dallas Love Field, Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff and Dallas police headquarters. He later covered the 1964 Jack Ruby trial and the Warren Commission's visit to Dallas.
As a longtime friend of the Museum, he recorded several oral history interviews and programs. His interview from May 2014 can be viewed on the Museum’s online collection database here: Eamon Kennedy Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
Other objects related to Mr. Kennedy, including several of his images, may be found here: Thesaurus – Vocabularies – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger This object is featured in the Museum's special exhibit, "On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963," which opened on April 29, 2026.