/internal/media/dispatcher/45710/fullImage of President Kennedy speaking in the Hotel Texas parking lot11/22/196315/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.3 cm)FilmThe Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Donated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history2014.080.0186.00060One original 35mm black and white negative image taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. The image shows President John F. Kennedy speaking behind the podium 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, State Representative Don Kennard and Marjorie Belew can just be seen to the left, and standing at the far left is Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce president Raymond Buck.
This image is on "Kodak Plus X Pan Film / Kodak Safety Film +." This image is labeled "25" on the film.
The metadata provided by The Dallas Morning News for the digital version of these images includes this description: "TDMN JFK negatives collection / Shot November 21, 1963 - John F. Kennedy presidential party arriving in Fort Worth / additional research needed to identify photographer."
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 S.A. & Ft. Wort [sic]."
The negative sleeve has a typed adhesive label in the upper left corner. The label reads: "JFK 26". "KENNEDY AT FORT WORTH" is written in orange-red grease pencil in the "Assignment" section at the upper edge of the negative holder. A label with "2344" typed on it is in the "File No:" section.
The table of contents (2014.080.0002) listing for JFK 26 describes it as: "JFK 26: Leaving Houston and arriving in Fort Worth, 11-21/22-1963 (twenty-nine, 35-mm. negs.)"
This image has a corresponding print (2014.080.0619). Most of this image was cropped out for the print, leaving just Kenendy and the podium.Photographs653423.33375666752.381254762544908Negative (b&w)0E-10Original 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.PhotographsParking lot speechPhotographerFort WorthTrip to TexasSpeechesKennedy, John F.Connally, JohnBuck, RaymondThe Dallas Morning NewsHotel TexasFort WorthThe 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