Image of Lady Bird Johnson in the vice presidential car at Love Field
Object number2018.006.0012
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 Lady Bird Johnson seated in the vice presidential car at Love Field airport in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. Mrs. Johnson is holding a bouquet of yellow roses while the car is surrounded by Secret Service agents. A red Love Field fire engine as well as another red emergency vehicle are visible in the background.
Curatorial CommentaryThe vice presidential car in the Dallas motorcade was a steel gray 1964 Lincoln four-door convertible furnished by Eagle Lincoln-Mercury in Dallas. Driven by Texas Department of Public Safety officer Hurchel Jacks, the car was occupied in the front passenger seat by Secret Service agent Rufus Youngblood, assigned to the vice president's detail. In the backseat was Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas, Lady Bird Johnson, and Vice President Johnson. When counting the advance, pilot and lead cars, the vice presidential car was the sixth vehicle in the Dallas parade, located directly behind President Kennedy's Secret Service follow-up car. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
