Day of Kennedy's Assassination - Commuters on the 6:25 train
date: label: Date made
content: 1963
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: By the fall of 1963, President Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that Kennedy was going to run for office and he seemed confident about his chances for reelection. On November 22, riding in a motorcade procession through downtown Dallas, Kennedy was shot.
label: Description
content: According to the <i>New York Times</i> obituary of Mydans, Carl was one of the last photographers to reach <i>LIFE</i> magazine's offices after Kennedy's assassination. Since he was not awarded a clear assignment, Mydans wandered over to Grand Central Station and, on a whim, boarded a train north, headed to Stamford, Connecticut. The emotional intensity of the moment captured in this picture helped make it one of his most memorable images from all his years with <i>LIFE</i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.158
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 20 in; 40.64 cm x 50.8 cm