/internal/media/dispatcher/45326/fullImage of a stage set for a Kennedy campaign appearance in Kentucky10/05/19603 1/2 × 5 in. (8.9 × 12.7 cm)PaperGertrude Strohbeck Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.054.00090One color photograph of the stage set up for Senator John F. Kennedy's campaign speech in Jefferson Square in Louisville, Kentucky on October 5, 1960. At the center of the stage is a podium, which has two small campaign posters attached to it, both featuring an image of Senator Kennedy. Behind the podium, running the length of the stage, is a white curtain with two large campaign posters: one with an image of Senator Kennedy and the other with an image of both Senator Kennedy and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. The curtain has been opened in the middle and two men can be seen through the opening. A long row of chairs is set up on either side of the podium. The front of the stage is hung with two rows of red, white and blue bunting and three large campaign posters. The poster just below the podium features an image of Senator Kennedy; the two posters on either side of it show both Senator Kennedy and Senator Johnson. There is a long table with folding chairs and several pasel-colored telephones set up just in front of the stage.There are tables set up for members of the press visible in the foreground of the photograph. There are two men standing in front of the stage in the lower left portion of the image.
The back of the photograph is stamped with information reading:
This is a Kodacolor print made by Kodak
October 1960 R
It seems likely that Gertrude Strohbeck, who compiled this collection, was also the photographer for this image.Photographs6631112.70002540018.890017780044689Photograph (color)0E-10One color photograph of a stage in Jefferson Square decorated and prepared for Senator John F. Kennedy to make a campaign speech in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 5, 1960.
At the center of the stage is a podium, with two long tables on either side. Curtains behind the stage and the bunting hung in front are also hung with various campaign posters featuring Kennedy and his running mate, Lyndon B. Johnson. The curtain at the back has been opened in the middle and two men can be seen through the opening. There is a long table with folding chairs and several pastel-colored telephones set up just in front of the stage. There are tables set up for members of the press visible in the foreground of the photograph. There are two men standing in front of the stage in the lower left portion of the image.
Presidential campaign1960 presidential electionSpeechesPhotographsKennedy campaignKodakLouisville