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"Welcome to Texas Jack and Jackie" sign

Locally-produced sign used by members of the crowd in Fort Worth, Texas, to welcome the Kennedys, November 21 - 22, 1963. The stenciled letters are painted red and have red glitter applied on top of the paint. The donor was a member of the crowd outside the Hotel Texas the morning of November 22, 1963. She bought the sign from a vendor that morning.

Object Details
Object title:

"Welcome to Texas Jack and Jackie" sign

Date:

11/21/1963 - 11/22/1963

Medium:

Cardboard

Dimensions:

14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Credit line:

Cheryl Hartman Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2012.033.0001

Curatorial Note:

Signs like this one were commercially made and sold to spectators awaiting the Kennedys' visit to Fort Worth. Similar signs welcoming President and Mrs. Kennedy turn up in films and photographs taken on both the evening of Thursday, November 21, and the morning of Friday, November 22. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 8, 2024.

"Welcome to Texas Jack and Jackie" sign

Locally-produced sign used by members of the crowd in Fort Worth, Texas, to welcome the Kennedys, November 21 - 22, 1963. The stenciled letters are painted red and have red glitter applied on top of the paint. The donor was a member of the crowd outside the Hotel Texas the morning of November 22, 1963. She bought the sign from a vendor that morning.

Object Details
Object title:

"Welcome to Texas Jack and Jackie" sign

Date:

11/21/1963 - 11/22/1963

Terms:

Fort Worth

Crowds

Sign

Trip to Texas

Kennedy, John F.

Hotel Texas

Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

Medium:

Cardboard

Dimensions:

14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Credit line:

Cheryl Hartman Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2012.033.0001

Curatorial Note:

Signs like this one were commercially made and sold to spectators awaiting the Kennedys' visit to Fort Worth. Similar signs welcoming President and Mrs. Kennedy turn up in films and photographs taken on both the evening of Thursday, November 21, and the morning of Friday, November 22. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 8, 2024.