Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

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35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

35mm color slide showing floral tributes left on the grass in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy. A large red and white floral cross with accompanying sign and bouquet in center. The Bryan pergola is visible in the background. A woman's elbow and purse are in right foreground. Cardboard carrier has "Kodachrome Transparency, Processed by Kodak" printed on one side and "8, Dec 63D, .0078442" printed on the other side.The floral cross and sign was left in Dealey Plaza by the family of Tom Russell and is pictured in 2004.011.0003. Original slide (emulsion faces subject, not viewer)For months, flowers were left all along the Grassy Knoll honoring the memory of John F. Kennedy. (public reaction)

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Object title:

35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/25/1963

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Photographs

Tributes

Crowds

Flowers

Memorials

Dealey Plaza
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:

1999.034.0008

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35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

35mm color slide showing floral tributes left on the grass in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy. A large red and white floral cross with accompanying sign and bouquet in center. The Bryan pergola is visible in the background. A woman's elbow and purse are in right foreground. Cardboard carrier has "Kodachrome Transparency, Processed by Kodak" printed on one side and "8, Dec 63D, .0078442" printed on the other side.The floral cross and sign was left in Dealey Plaza by the family of Tom Russell and is pictured in 2004.011.0003. Original slide (emulsion faces subject, not viewer)For months, flowers were left all along the Grassy Knoll honoring the memory of John F. Kennedy. (public reaction)

Object Details
Object title:

35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/25/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Tributes

Crowds

Flowers

Memorials

Dealey Plaza

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:

1999.034.0008

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