Image of flowers and crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza
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Image of flowers and crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza
Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing the crowd of mourners and flowers on the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 23, 1963. Elm Street is in the foreground with a sign for the Stemmons Freeway, and the pergola and some trees are in the background.
Image of flowers and crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza
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
2001.064.0031
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 flowers and crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza
Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing the crowd of mourners and flowers on the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 23, 1963. Elm Street is in the foreground with a sign for the Stemmons Freeway, and the pergola and some trees are in the background.
Image of flowers and crowds gathered in Dealey Plaza
11/23/1963
Dealey Plaza
Elm Street
Crowds
Flowers
Photographs
Mourners
Sign
Grassy knoll
Dallas
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.064.0031
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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