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Image of Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Arlington, Texas
Image of Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Arlington, Texas

Image of Kennedy-Johnson campaign motorcade in Arlington, Texas

Object number2014.080.0084
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 3/8 × 2 5/16 in. (6 × 5.9 cm)
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DescriptionOriginal 120 mm black and white negative taken by The Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. The image shows Senator John F. Kennedy and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson riding on the back of a convertible through Arlington, Texas during a presidential campaign visit on September 13, 1960. Judge Sarah T. Hughes sits between them, and local Democratic campaign director Barefoot Sanders is sitting in the front passenger seat. Senator Johnson is waving his hat at the crowd. Crowds line both sides of the street. Police are on either side of the vehicle. This image was taken after Senator Kennedy's speech at Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas.