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Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue
Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue

Image of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue

Object number2023.019.0002
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Thomas Charles Geron Jr.
ObjectSlide
Credit LineThomas Charles Geron Jr. Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Collections
Description35mm color slide showing the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue. President Kennedy is turned to his left and is waving at the crowd gathered along the street. A marquee for Lone Star Drive In is visible in the background. U.S. Secret Service agent Clint Hill can be seen standing on the follow-up vehicle directly behind the presidential limousine.
Curatorial Commentary
Thomas Charles Geron Jr. (1922-2021), a draftsman at a Dallas oil company in 1963, was an active amateur photographer. After his passing, daughter Cindy Lewis went through her father's collection of approximately 56,000 color slides and discovered two photos that he captured of the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue, soon after the limousine turned onto Lemmon from Mockingbird Lane, on November 22, 1963. Cindy, a Dallas elementary school student at the time, recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2023. Her husband, David Lewis, who was attending school in Pampas, Texas, also recorded an oral history in 2023. We are grateful to Cindy for sharing this new perspective on the Kennedy motorcade nearly sixty years after the assassination. I'd also like to acknowledge researcher Randy Owen for his help identifying the location of this image on the motorcade route. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 28, 2024.