Image of crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination
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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.
Image of crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination
11/23/1963
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.064.0034
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.
Image of crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza after the assassination
11/23/1963
Dealey Plaza
Elm Street
Crowds
Hertz sign
Photographs
Mourners
Flowers
Tributes
Texas School Book Depository
Dal-Tex Building
Dallas
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.064.0034
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
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