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Handmade cardboard "All the Way with Jack!" sign welcoming JFK to Love Field
Handmade cardboard sign welcoming President Kennedy to Love Field, carried by Dallas high school student Jan Sittel on November 22, 1963. The cardboard sign states "All the Way with Jack! Grass Roots Dem." in black marker with "Grass Roots Dem." underlined in red marker on a light blue background.
Handmade cardboard "All the Way with Jack!" sign welcoming JFK to Love Field
11/22/1963
Paper; Ink, Pen; Cardboard
11 1/8 × 14 × 1/16 in. (28.3 × 35.6 × 0.2 cm)
Jan Sittel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.021.0002
This sign is visible in a famous black and white photograph taken by photographer Tom C. Dillard from The Dallas Morning News, also part of the Museum's permanent collection (1994.003.0005.0001). In the photograph, you can see Jan Sittel leaning against the chain link fence at Love Field airport holding the sign, which is attached to a wooden pole.
A Living History educational program featuring high school student Jan Sittel and her lifelong friend, Dr. Betty Duke-Ruhd, can be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQRSB8Ht7_8. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 28, 2024.
Handmade cardboard "All the Way with Jack!" sign welcoming JFK to Love Field
Handmade cardboard sign welcoming President Kennedy to Love Field, carried by Dallas high school student Jan Sittel on November 22, 1963. The cardboard sign states "All the Way with Jack! Grass Roots Dem." in black marker with "Grass Roots Dem." underlined in red marker on a light blue background.
Handmade cardboard "All the Way with Jack!" sign welcoming JFK to Love Field
11/22/1963
Student
Sign
Democrats
Trip to Texas
Kennedy, John F.
Love Field
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Paper; Ink, Pen; Cardboard
11 1/8 × 14 × 1/16 in. (28.3 × 35.6 × 0.2 cm)
Jan Sittel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.021.0002
This sign is visible in a famous black and white photograph taken by photographer Tom C. Dillard from The Dallas Morning News, also part of the Museum's permanent collection (1994.003.0005.0001). In the photograph, you can see Jan Sittel leaning against the chain link fence at Love Field airport holding the sign, which is attached to a wooden pole.
A Living History educational program featuring high school student Jan Sittel and her lifelong friend, Dr. Betty Duke-Ruhd, can be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQRSB8Ht7_8. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 28, 2024.