Image of Malcolm Kilduff at a press conference at Parkland Hospital

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Image of Malcolm Kilduff at a press conference at Parkland Hospital

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald photographer. This image shows White House Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff making the official announcement at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, to reporters that President Kennedy had died. The photographer in front whose face is hidden behind his camera is WBAP-TV's Bob Welch; his sound camera made the only filmed recording of Kilduff's statement, given in a nurse's classroom at Parkland Hospital. The images on this negative strip were taken by one of two Dallas Times Herald staff photographers at Parkland Hospital that day. There were two Dallas Times Herald photographers at Parkland who stayed for the press conference - Eamon Kennedy and John Mazziotta. One of them took these photos. Bob Jackson, another photographer who was at Parkland earlier, was not present at the press conference.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Malcolm Kilduff at a press conference at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1963

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0017.0001

Curatorial Note:

Sid Davis of Westinghouse Broadcasting was present for the official announcement of President Kennedy's death. In his 2003 oral history with the Museum, he recalled, "[Kilduff] stood in front of the room. He had an unlit cigarette in his left hand, tears rolling down his cheeks. Told me later that he opened his mouth and nothing came out. And then he said, in the voice that was hoarse with anguish at what had happened, 'John F. Kennedy died today at one o'clock, Central Standard Time. He died of a bullet wound in the brain. I have no further information.'" - Stephen Fagin, Curator

The WBAP recording is the only known recording of this press conference, but there was a second microphone in the room, held by the man in the bowtie, who was apparently a radio reporter. Who is he, what station did he work for and, more importantly, what happened to his tape? - Gary Mack, Curator

Image of Malcolm Kilduff at a press conference at Parkland Hospital

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald photographer. This image shows White House Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff making the official announcement at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, to reporters that President Kennedy had died. The photographer in front whose face is hidden behind his camera is WBAP-TV's Bob Welch; his sound camera made the only filmed recording of Kilduff's statement, given in a nurse's classroom at Parkland Hospital. The images on this negative strip were taken by one of two Dallas Times Herald staff photographers at Parkland Hospital that day. There were two Dallas Times Herald photographers at Parkland who stayed for the press conference - Eamon Kennedy and John Mazziotta. One of them took these photos. Bob Jackson, another photographer who was at Parkland earlier, was not present at the press conference.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of Malcolm Kilduff at a press conference at Parkland Hospital

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Press conference

Photographer

Reporter

Microphones

Photographs

Kennedy, Eamon

Mazziotta, John

Welch, Bob

Kilduff, Malcolm

Parkland Hospital

Dallas Times Herald

WBAP-TV

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0017.0001

Curatorial Note:

Sid Davis of Westinghouse Broadcasting was present for the official announcement of President Kennedy's death. In his 2003 oral history with the Museum, he recalled, "[Kilduff] stood in front of the room. He had an unlit cigarette in his left hand, tears rolling down his cheeks. Told me later that he opened his mouth and nothing came out. And then he said, in the voice that was hoarse with anguish at what had happened, 'John F. Kennedy died today at one o'clock, Central Standard Time. He died of a bullet wound in the brain. I have no further information.'" - Stephen Fagin, Curator

The WBAP recording is the only known recording of this press conference, but there was a second microphone in the room, held by the man in the bowtie, who was apparently a radio reporter. Who is he, what station did he work for and, more importantly, what happened to his tape? - Gary Mack, Curator