Image of flowers and crowd of mourners in Dealey Plaza
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Image of flowers and crowd of mourners in Dealey Plaza
Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing the floral tributes and a crowd of mourners in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 23, 1963. The photograph was shot looking east towards the back of the south peristyle and the intersection of Houston Street and Main Street. The Old Red Courthouse is visible in the upper right corner of the image.
Image of flowers and crowd of mourners 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
2001.064.0033
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 crowd of mourners in Dealey Plaza
Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing the floral tributes and a crowd of mourners in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 23, 1963. The photograph was shot looking east towards the back of the south peristyle and the intersection of Houston Street and Main Street. The Old Red Courthouse is visible in the upper right corner of the image.
Image of flowers and crowd of mourners in Dealey Plaza
11/23/1963
Dealey Plaza
Flowers
Tributes
Photographs
Main Street
Houston Street
Old Red Courthouse
Dallas
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.064.0033
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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