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On December 12, 1995, Ike and Clara Altgens were found dead in separate rooms in their home in Dallas. A Houston Chronicle article quoted a nephew, Dallas attorney Ron Grant, as saying his aunt Clara had been very ill with heart trouble and other health problems, and both of them had long suffered from the flu . [ 74 ]
The Kennedy Assassination and its aftermath as captured by the photographers of the Associated Press including three of Ike Altgens' images of Kennedy's final moments in Dallas. A survey of the wire service's photographic documentation of the tragic days in November in an album containing photographs comprising the Associated Press's ...
- 8:45 Am: Hotel Texas
- 11:30 Am-11:45 Am: Arrival at Love Field and The Beginning of The Motorcade
- 12:30 PM: Shots Fired
- 1:00 PM: Death of A President
- 1:45 PM: Arrest
- 2:39 PM: Swearing-In
- 6:05 PM: Andrews Air Force Base
- 11:28 PM: Charged
In the morning hours of the 22nd, President Kennedy gave two speeches: one outside in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas and one indoorsat a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The first one took place at around 8:45 AM, as thousands of citizens stood outside in the rain to see the president. Kennedy arrived at the second speech about 25 minu...
After a thirteen-minute plane journey from Fort Worth, the President and First Lady greeted a group of people waiting at Love Field in Dallas. “He had the warmest welcome of his trip from a great crowd at the airport,” Alistair Cooke wrote for The Guardianshortly thereafter. “The cries and pleas for a personal touch were so engaging that Mrs. Kenne...
As the motorcade moved through Dealey Plaza, three shots rang out. At first, they sounded like fireworks; some bystanders assumed the motorcade had backfired. In a moment, everything changed, turning “gayety into horror,” as Edward T. Folliard wrote that day for The Washington Post. President Kennedy and Governor Connally were hit, though the latte...
At Parkland Hospital, a team of doctors struggled to keep Kennedy alive. According to reports, he survived for approximately forty minutes. His time of death was listed as 1:00, when two priests finished his final rites, though the exact time of death is unknown. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the brain. The president was forty-six year...
After sneaking into a movie theater in Oak Cliff, a 24-year-old Lee H. Oswald was arrested. Later, he would be questioned about the Kennedy killing as well as the murder of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit, who was shot shortly after the assassination. “He put up a wild fight in the theater,” The Los Angeles Timesreported on November 23rd. “Poli...
Kennedy’s Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson, standing between Jacqueline Kennedy and his wife Lady Bird, took the oath of office aboard Air Force One at Love Field. 99 minutes had elapsed since the shooting. Only about twenty-five to thirty people were present for the ceremony. By 2:46 PM, they were wheels-up, headed for Washington with the body of...
When asked if she wanted to change her bloodied clothing, Mrs. Kennedy demurred, stating firmly, “Let them see what they have done.” She repeated the same words when asked about allowing the press at Andrews Air Force Base. When she arrived with her husband’s casket, she joined hands with Robert Kennedy, who had been there waiting for the plane to ...
As November 22nd drew to a close, Oswald was formally charged with the murder of John F. Kennedy. He denied the charges; as Dan Rather of CBS News put it at the time, “Oswald has admitted nothing.” Two days later, Jack Ruby, the owner of a local nightclub, shot Oswald as police transported the accused assassin to the county jail. He died in the eme...
This image was taken by James “Ike” Altgens moments after JFK was shot as his motorcade drove through Dealey Plaza, in Dallas, in November 1963. Two bullets struck the 35th president, who was...
Oct 11, 2023 · The set includes the only professional photo taken of the moment JFK was shot in his limousine while riding through Dallas, Texas taken by AP photographer Ike Altgens. The man who found the...
Nov 22, 2023 · 4 min. File photo: President John F. Kennedy's hand reaches toward his head within seconds of being fatally shot as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy holds his forearm in a motorcade in Dallas, on...
Dec 12, 1995 · Photojournalist and JFK assassination figure. He is best known for capturing two historical images depicting the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was orphaned and raised by an aunt in Dallas, Texas.
