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Image of Senator Muskie at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Dallas
Image of Senator Muskie at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Dallas

Image of Senator Muskie at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Dallas

Object number2014.080.0381.0001
Date07/01/1971
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
Dimensions1 5/16 × 15/16 in. (3.3 × 2.4 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative image on Kodak Safety film taken by an unknown staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. This image shows U. S. Senator Edmund Muskie standing at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Dallas, Texas on July 1, 1971. The image shows Senator Muskie standing alone in front of the central granite block inscribed with the name "John Fitzgerald Kennedy." A bouquet of flowers sits in the center of the granite block. The Senator was visiting Dallas for the Texas Bar Association convention.
Curatorial Commentary
Edmund Sixtus Muskie served as a U.S. senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of State for President Jimmy Carter for eight months. He passed away in 1996. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator