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Image of photographers and crowd outside of Parkland Hospital
Image of photographers and crowd outside of Parkland Hospital

Image of photographers and crowd outside of Parkland Hospital

Object number2014.080.0228.0004
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Joe F. Laird Jr.
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)
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by staff photographer Joe Laird from The Dallas Morning News. Photographers stand with a crowd of people waiting outside Parkland Memorial Hospital for news of President Kennedy's condition on Friday, November 22, 1963. Standing in the center of the image, wearing a dark coat and looking to the viewer's left, is Dallas Times Herald photographer Bob Jackson. Standing next to him in a light-colored coat is Dallas Times Herald photographer Eamon Kennedy. Left of center is Dallas Times Herald photographer John Mazziotta, adjusting his camera.