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Adam Peiperl film

Original 8mm color home movie filmed by photographer and sculptor Adam Peiperl. Peiperl filmed president-elect Kennedy, surrounded by reporters and Secret Service, leaving his Georgetown home a few days after the 1960 election. On Friday, January 20, 1961, Peiperl filmed his TV screen and captured excerpts of Kennedy's inauguration. Many dignitaries can be seen including Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Earl Warren, Marian Anderson, and Robert Frost.

Object Details
Object title:

Adam Peiperl film

Date:

November 1960 - January 1961

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

Gauge: 8mm; Camera Speed: 16 fps

Credit line:

Adam and Martha Peiperl Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.007.0001

Curatorial Note:

A professional artist and photographer, Mr. Peiperl recorded oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2008 and 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

The woman waving at the camera after Kennedy left the townhouse is Martha Peiperl, Adam's wife. - Gary Mack, Curator

Adam Peiperl film

Original 8mm color home movie filmed by photographer and sculptor Adam Peiperl. Peiperl filmed president-elect Kennedy, surrounded by reporters and Secret Service, leaving his Georgetown home a few days after the 1960 election. On Friday, January 20, 1961, Peiperl filmed his TV screen and captured excerpts of Kennedy's inauguration. Many dignitaries can be seen including Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Earl Warren, Marian Anderson, and Robert Frost.

Object Details
Object title:

Adam Peiperl film

Date:

November 1960 - January 1961

Terms:

Home movie

Films

Inauguration

President-elect

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Johnson, Lady Bird

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Kennedy, John F.

Stevenson, Adlai

Frost, Robert

Nixon, Richard M.

Truman, Harry S.

Warren, Earl

Anderson, Marion

Rayburn, Sam

Washington, D.C.

Silver Spring

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

Gauge: 8mm; Camera Speed: 16 fps

Credit line:

Adam and Martha Peiperl Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.007.0001

Curatorial Note:

A professional artist and photographer, Mr. Peiperl recorded oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2008 and 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

The woman waving at the camera after Kennedy left the townhouse is Martha Peiperl, Adam's wife. - Gary Mack, Curator