Image of people waiting outside Parkland Hospital

Photographers were not allowed inside the Emergency Room at Parkland Memorial Hospital.  Many, therefore, turned their cameras on the gathering crowd outside the hospital.  Today these images reflect the confusion in the aftermath of the shooting as bystanders awaited word on the president's condition. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

The African American woman in this photograph appears in many images and films taken outside of Parkland Hospital that day. I find her face so compelling. Photographs taken after President Kennedy's death had been announced show her face covered in tears of grief. I wonder who she is? Her oral history would be a memorable one for the Museum's collection. - Sharron Conrad, Curator of Education

In the lower left portion of images 1989.100.0015.0006 - 1989.100.0015.0008, the shadow of the photographer holding his camera aloft to take the picture is clearly visible.  Based on the shape of the camera, the shape of his head and the characteristic way he is holding a cigarette in his right hand, the shadow suggests that the photographer of this picture (and thus the other pictures on this negative strip as well) is Bob Jackson.  This identification remains unconfirmed. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections