Image of the Texas School Book Depository building and mourners in Dealey Plaza

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Image of the Texas School Book Depository building and mourners in Dealey Plaza

Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Kodachrome Transparency Film taken by an unknown photographer. Immediately after the assassination and in the following days and weeks, people left flowers and mementos in Dealey Plaza in honor of President Kennedy. This picture was taken on Monday afternoon, November 25, 1963, around the time the president's body was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Image shows north side of Elm Street and crowds of mourners with floral tributes, wreaths, and notes. The Texas School Book Depository building and the Dal-Tex building are visible in the background.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the Texas School Book Depository building and mourners in Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/25/1963

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Robert Russell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1999.034.0010

Curatorial Note:

The photographs donated by Robert Russell were purchased at a yard sale. The photographer is unknown, although details in the pictures, including the rope barrier, suggest they were taken on Monday, November 25, 1963. - Gary Mack, Curator (2000 - 2015)

Dealey Plaza was transformed into a memorial shrine during the weekend of the assassination as mourners left wreaths, floral displays and notecards in memory of President Kennedy. One plaza visitor, George Reid, recalled in his Museum oral history: "People were starting to leave things and then, by Sunday morning, there was quite a bit of stuff there--quite a lot of flowers.... And people were coming down there, and people were standing there crying. People just bawling and just talking to each other, hugging each other, you know. It was an emotional scene that day." - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Image of the Texas School Book Depository building and mourners in Dealey Plaza

Original 35mm color slide on Kodak Kodachrome Transparency Film taken by an unknown photographer. Immediately after the assassination and in the following days and weeks, people left flowers and mementos in Dealey Plaza in honor of President Kennedy. This picture was taken on Monday afternoon, November 25, 1963, around the time the president's body was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Image shows north side of Elm Street and crowds of mourners with floral tributes, wreaths, and notes. The Texas School Book Depository building and the Dal-Tex building are visible in the background.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the Texas School Book Depository building and mourners in Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/25/1963

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street

Crowds

Flowers

Memorials

Photographs

Tributes

Mourners

Texas School Book Depository

Dal-Tex Building

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Robert Russell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1999.034.0010

Curatorial Note:

The photographs donated by Robert Russell were purchased at a yard sale. The photographer is unknown, although details in the pictures, including the rope barrier, suggest they were taken on Monday, November 25, 1963. - Gary Mack, Curator (2000 - 2015)

Dealey Plaza was transformed into a memorial shrine during the weekend of the assassination as mourners left wreaths, floral displays and notecards in memory of President Kennedy. One plaza visitor, George Reid, recalled in his Museum oral history: "People were starting to leave things and then, by Sunday morning, there was quite a bit of stuff there--quite a lot of flowers.... And people were coming down there, and people were standing there crying. People just bawling and just talking to each other, hugging each other, you know. It was an emotional scene that day." - Stephen Fagin, Curator