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Image of the casket being loaded into a hearse at Parkland Hospital
Image of the casket being loaded into a hearse at Parkland Hospital

Image of the casket being loaded into a hearse at Parkland Hospital

Object number1989.100.0013.0008
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer
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
  • Dallas Times Herald
  • "On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963"
  • Parkland Memorial Hospital
  • News Photography
  • All Online Objects
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Eamon Kennedy. This image shows the president's casket being placed in an Oneal Funeral Home hearse parked at the emergency entrance of Parkland Hospital. Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen in the middle of the crowd at the back of the hearse. Mrs. Kennedy rode to Love Field airport in the hearse with the casket. Assistant White House Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff is visible at the left edge of the photo, with a cigarette in his mouth.
Curatorial Commentary
A 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.