/internal/media/dispatcher/43881/fullImage of Senator Kennedy speaking to a crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth09/13/19602 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 6 cm)FilmThe Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Donated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history2014.080.00330One original 120 film black and white negative taken by The Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. The image shows John F. Kennedy speaking from the stage in Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas during a presidential campaign visit on September 13, 1960. Senator Kennedy is facing a large crowd, while speaking from behind a podium with several microphones. Several campaign signs can be seen throughout the crowd; including (at the center of the image) one saying "BAPTIST FOR KENNEDY."
This negative is on Kodak Safety Film. This image is labeled "9 F" on the film.
This item was originally stored in a negative sleeve in the "The Dallas Morning News JFK Assassination Negatives and Contact Sheets Vol. 1" binder (2014.080.0001). This item was in the section of the binder labeled "JFK in Dallas, 9-14-60".
The negative sleeve has a typed adhesive label in the upper left corner. The label reads: "JFK 5". "candidate for Pres JFK, DALLLAS 9/14/60" is written in orange-red grease pencil in the "Assignment" section at the upper edge of the negative holder. "1" is written in the "File No:" section.
The table of contents (2014.080.0002) listing for JFK 4 describes it as: "JFK 5: More views of JFK's visit to Dallas as Presidential nominee, 9-14-1960 (twelve, 120-size negs)."Photographs653256.03251206506.350012700044361Negative (b&w)0E-10Original 120 mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. John F. Kennedy, in the foreground with his back to the camera, speaks to a large crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth during a presidential campaign visit on September 13, 1960.PhotographsPresidential campaignPhotographer1960 presidential electionSpeechesFort WorthKennedy, John F.Grant, ClintThe Dallas Morning NewsBurnett ParkFort WorthThe day before his 1960 Dallas/Fort Worth visit, Senator Kennedy made a major address to the 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.
The "Baptist for Kennedy" sign in this photograph certainly references the "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign and likely signifies support for his televised speech from Houston the day before. It is, however, somewhat interesting that the sign uses the singular "Baptist" rather than the plural "Baptists." - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator