Image of Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in Dallas in 1960

Object number2014.080.0013

Date09/13/1960

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Donald C. Grant

ObjectNegative (b&w)

Credit LineThe Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Donated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history

MediumFilm

Dimensions2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 cm)

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DescriptionOriginal 120 mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Clint Grant. Senator John F. Kennedy rides through downtown Dallas (going south on Akard Street) in the back of an open convertible during a campaign visit on September 13, 1960. Kennedy's running mate, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, is partially visible at the right side of the image. Confetti can be seen throughout the image on the car and Senator Kennedy's hair.

Curatorial Commentary

The day before his 1960 Dallas visit, Senator Kennedy made a major address to Greater Houston Ministerial Association at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas (the same hotel he would again visit on November 21, 1963, the day before the assassination). In his televised address on September 12, 1960, Kennedy directly confronted the "religious issue," pointed accusations that he would allow his Catholic faith to influence the execution of his responsibilities as president. His bold confrontation of this question made this one of the most important speeches of the 1960 campaign. He visited Dallas the following day. - Stephen Fagin, Curator