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Image of President Kennedy being photographed by the press at Love Field
Image of President Kennedy being photographed by the press at Love Field

Image of President Kennedy being photographed by the press at Love Field

Object number2018.006.0008
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Rudy Clauss
Photographer Vera Clauss
ObjectSlide
Credit LineRudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumCardboard, Film
Dimensions2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss showing President Kennedy being photographed by the press at Love Field airport in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. Kennedy smiles at the photographers while being surrounded by Secret Service agents. A red Love Field fire engine is visible in the background.
Curatorial Commentary
U.S. Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman, seen on the left, was riding in the front passenger seat of the presidential limousine at the time of the assassination. The photographer seen here taking a close image of President Kennedy is Dallas Times Herald chief photographer John Mazziotta. One of his fellow Times Herald staff photographers, Eamon Kennedy, can be seen in the trench coat behind Mazziotta. The Love Field images taken by these two photographers are now part of the Museum's Dallas Times Herald Collection. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator