Nostalgia over a JKF photograph (Kennedy, county, gun, Virginia)

[Cida]

This photograph of John F. Kennedy makes me wonder about politics before my time. Maybe it was from the 1950s? Anyway, no crowds, no elaborate set-up, no pre-printed signs, no cordon of security - just a bunch of small-town people looking bored.

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1477325/th...NEDY-900.jpg?2

[uggabugga]

standing on a kitchen stool and all. great photo.

[Cida]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

standing on a kitchen stool and all. great photo.

Right! And those things are rickety!

[notnamed]

I particularly like the kid on the right. Imagine that getting past security today.

[Winterfall8324]

The further back you go, the more freedom people had. Society has become much more regulated and pre-organized.

[Delahanty]

That's a Life photo from the photographer whose name appears on the bottom of your pic.

It was taken in 1960, in West Virginia.

[sandsthetime]

Judging by the size of that crowd, this guy will never be president.

[dozerbear]

Originally Posted by Delahanty

That's a Life photo from the photographer whose name appears on the bottom of your pic.

It was taken in 1960, in West Virginia.

This. That picture was taken in Logan County West Virginia, while JFK was campaigning for the May 1960 primary.

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by sandsthetime

Judging by the size of that crowd, this guy will never be president.

lol.

[gtt99]

Love the kid with a gun behind JFK.