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Image of crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing a large crowd gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 23, 1963. The Texas School Book Depository building and the Dal-Tex building are in the background while the foreground shows Elm Street with crowds of mourners and flower tributes on either side of the street.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Date:

11/23/1963

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2001.064.0034

Curatorial Note:

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 crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing a large crowd gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 23, 1963. The Texas School Book Depository building and the Dal-Tex building are in the background while the foreground shows Elm Street with crowds of mourners and flower tributes on either side of the street.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street

Crowds

Hertz sign

Photographs

Mourners

Flowers

Tributes

Texas School Book Depository

Dal-Tex Building

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2001.064.0034

Curatorial Note:

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