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Image of President Kennedy speaking in the Hotel Texas parking lot
Image of President Kennedy speaking in the Hotel Texas parking lot

Image of President Kennedy speaking in the Hotel Texas parking lot

Object number2014.080.0186.0006
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Dallas Morning News Photographer
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
Dimensions15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.3 cm)
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DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a podium set up in the parking lot outside of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963. Governor John Connally is standing behind him applauding, and standing at the far left is Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce president Raymond Buck.
Curatorial Commentary
The gentleman on the far left in this photograph is the late Raymond Buck, president of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce in 1963. As the official host of the breakfast inside the Hotel Texas, Buck famously presented President Kennedy with a cowboy hat and boots. - Stephen Fagin, Curator