Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #5
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Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #5
Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographer Jerry Mainer. 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 the afternoon of the day following President Kennedy's assassination. Image shows crowds in Dealey Plaza with floral tributes, wreaths, and notes left by mourners. The image was taken from across Elm Street looking towards the north pergola.
Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #5
11/23/1963
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Jerry Mainer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.004.0002
The slides are numbered sequentially starting at #4 and going through #36, skipping #20, for a total of 32 slides. They were donated to the Museum like this, and it is unknown what happened to the missing slides from this sequence. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
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 in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #5
Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographer Jerry Mainer. 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 the afternoon of the day following President Kennedy's assassination. Image shows crowds in Dealey Plaza with floral tributes, wreaths, and notes left by mourners. The image was taken from across Elm Street looking towards the north pergola.
Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #5
11/23/1963
Dealey Plaza
Mourners
Flowers
Memorials
Elm Street
Crowds
Tributes
Photographs
Dallas
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Jerry Mainer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.004.0002
The slides are numbered sequentially starting at #4 and going through #36, skipping #20, for a total of 32 slides. They were donated to the Museum like this, and it is unknown what happened to the missing slides from this sequence. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
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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