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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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Image of memorial flowers in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

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Image of memorial flowers in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss showing a memorial flower wreath left in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX on Saturday, November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination of President Kennedy. A single red flower wreath with an attached note is visible in the grass of Dealey Plaza. A sliver of the Texas School Book Depository building can be seen in the background.

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Object title:

Image of memorial flowers in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Flowers

Memorials

Dealey Plaza

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Cardboard, Film

Dimensions:

2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.006.0022

Curatorial Note:

This oddly holiday-themed wreath, one of the earliest memorial tributes left in Dealey Plaza, included a handwritten note that read: "In memory of our beloved President John F. Kennedy. [From] Bereaved Dallas Citizens." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Image of memorial flowers in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss showing a memorial flower wreath left in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX on Saturday, November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination of President Kennedy. A single red flower wreath with an attached note is visible in the grass of Dealey Plaza. A sliver of the Texas School Book Depository building can be seen in the background.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of memorial flowers in Dealey Plaza after the assassination

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Flowers

Memorials

Dealey Plaza

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Cardboard, Film

Dimensions:

2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.006.0022

Curatorial Note:

This oddly holiday-themed wreath, one of the earliest memorial tributes left in Dealey Plaza, included a handwritten note that read: "In memory of our beloved President John F. Kennedy. [From] Bereaved Dallas Citizens." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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