Image of crowd and flags at Love Field
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Image of crowd and flags at Love Field
Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing part of the crowd waiting for the arrival of the Kennedys at Dallas Love Field airport on November 22, 1963. Two young men are perched on a light post, flying a large confederate battle flag and a large Texas state flag as well as a small American flag.
Image of crowd and flags at Love Field
11/22/1963
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.064.0020
The controversial Confederate battle flag seen in this photograph may have been brought to Dallas Love Field as a show of school spirit rather than or in addition to a commentary on President Kennedy's support of the Civil Rights Movement. In other photographs, the unidentified young man holding the battle flag can be seen wearing a cardigan with a capital "C," with two crossed swords at the bottom of the letter. This may indicate that this student was attending South Garland High School in Dallas County at the time. Like many other southern schools at the time, South Garland had a Confederate-themed mascot, the Colonel, and crossed swords remain (as of 2021) an emblem of the school. Other area schools had similar Confederate themes at the time. Until 1972, Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas used the Confederate battle flag seen here as a school emblem, with the Rebel serving as their school mascot. From 1951 to 1971, Arlington State College in Tarrant County, west of Dallas, was also home to the Rebels, with the Confederate battle flag flown on campus and Dixie accepted as the school's unofficial fight song. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of crowd and flags at Love Field
Original 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing part of the crowd waiting for the arrival of the Kennedys at Dallas Love Field airport on November 22, 1963. Two young men are perched on a light post, flying a large confederate battle flag and a large Texas state flag as well as a small American flag.
Image of crowd and flags at Love Field
11/22/1963
Texas flag
Crowds
Flag
American flag
Sign
Photographs
Confederate flag
Love Field
Dallas
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Dorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.064.0020
The controversial Confederate battle flag seen in this photograph may have been brought to Dallas Love Field as a show of school spirit rather than or in addition to a commentary on President Kennedy's support of the Civil Rights Movement. In other photographs, the unidentified young man holding the battle flag can be seen wearing a cardigan with a capital "C," with two crossed swords at the bottom of the letter. This may indicate that this student was attending South Garland High School in Dallas County at the time. Like many other southern schools at the time, South Garland had a Confederate-themed mascot, the Colonel, and crossed swords remain (as of 2021) an emblem of the school. Other area schools had similar Confederate themes at the time. Until 1972, Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas used the Confederate battle flag seen here as a school emblem, with the Rebel serving as their school mascot. From 1951 to 1971, Arlington State College in Tarrant County, west of Dallas, was also home to the Rebels, with the Confederate battle flag flown on campus and Dixie accepted as the school's unofficial fight song. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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