Image of Ralph Yarborough in front of a crowd at Love Field
Object number2018.006.0011
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 Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough in front of a crowd of people at Love Field airport in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. One of the cars from the presidential motorcade can be partially seen along the left edge of the image.
Curatorial CommentaryThe late Ralph Yarborough (1903-96) served as a U.S. senator from Texas from 1957 to 1971. As leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, he was politically at odds with both Vice President Johnson and Governor Connally by 1963. However, he was a key part of President Kennedy's Texas trip as the president tried to mend political fences among Texas Democrats and shore up support for his re-election campaign in 1964. Despite initially complaining that he did not wish to ride in the Dallas motorcade alongside Vice President Johnson, Yarborough ultimately sat next to Lady Bird Johnson in the backseat of the vice presidential car in the parade, located directly behind President Kennedy's Secret Service follow-up car -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
