Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #36
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Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #36
Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographer Jerry Mainer showing crowds of people and flowers in Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination of President Kennedy. The photo was taken from the north side of Elm Street looking towards the intersection of Houston Street and Elm Street. Image shows mourners, including a group of Catholic nuns, looking at memorial flower arrangements that have been placed on the ground behind a rope fence. In the background the Dallas County Jail, the Texas School Book Depository building, and the Dal-Tex building are visible.
Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #36
11/23/1963
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Jerry Mainer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.004.0032
The slides are numbered sequentially starting at #4 and going through #36, skipping #20, for a total of 32 slides. They were donated to the Museum like this, and it is unknown what happened to the missing slides from this sequence. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
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 crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #36
Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographer Jerry Mainer showing crowds of people and flowers in Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination of President Kennedy. The photo was taken from the north side of Elm Street looking towards the intersection of Houston Street and Elm Street. Image shows mourners, including a group of Catholic nuns, looking at memorial flower arrangements that have been placed on the ground behind a rope fence. In the background the Dallas County Jail, the Texas School Book Depository building, and the Dal-Tex building are visible.
Image of crowds in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #36
11/23/1963
Mourners
Dealey Plaza
Elm Street
Flowers
Memorials
Photographs
Crowds
Tributes
Houston Street
Dallas County Jail
Texas School Book Depository
Dal-Tex Building
Dallas
Film
2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Jerry Mainer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2001.004.0032
The slides are numbered sequentially starting at #4 and going through #36, skipping #20, for a total of 32 slides. They were donated to the Museum like this, and it is unknown what happened to the missing slides from this sequence. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
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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