Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy printed on cream-colored paper.The front of prayer card, outlined with a thick black border, features a black and white photograph of President Kennedy, taken by Fabian Bachrach, over the following text:"John Fitzgerald Kennedy35th President of the United StatesBorn May 29, 1917Inaugurated January 20, 1961Died November 22, 1963".The back of the card is printed with prayers. "'We have loved him during life, let us not abandon him, until we have conducted him by our prayers into the house of the Lord.' St. AmbroseMy Jesus have mercy on the Soul ofJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDYPrayerIncline Thine ear, O Lord, unto ourprayers, wherein we humbly pray Theeto show Thy mercy upon the soul ofThy servant JOHN, whom Thou hast commanded to pass out of this world,that Thou wouldst place him in theregion of peace and light, and bid himbe a partaker with Thy Saints. ThroughChrist our Lord. Amen.(Indulgence 500 days -- Raccolta 600)".Near the lower left corner of the back of the card information about the producers: "Jefferies & Manz, Inc., Phila. 25, Pa."
Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
November 1963 - January 1964
Paper
4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2004.027.0001
Included in the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
Fabian Bachrach (1917-2010) was a fourth generation photographer whose family commercial portrait studio had photographed nearly every U.S. president since Abraham Lincoln. Sen. John F. Kennedy did a portrait sitting with Bachrach in 1959, though none of the photographs proved usable because they were out of focus or Kennedy appeared "awkward." After multiple attempts scheduling a reshoot, Fabian Bachrach got his chance in the middle of the 1960 presidential campaign when Kennedy was in his U.S. Senate office. The reshoot lasted approximately ten minutes, and Bachrach had time for only six photographs. A black and white image showing Kennedy looking directly into the camera became the official presidential portrait. A color image from that same reshoot, showing Kennedy in a leather armchair with the American flag behind him, was also widely distributed. Both of these Bachrach photos appeared on memorial materials following the assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy printed on cream-colored paper.The front of prayer card, outlined with a thick black border, features a black and white photograph of President Kennedy, taken by Fabian Bachrach, over the following text:"John Fitzgerald Kennedy35th President of the United StatesBorn May 29, 1917Inaugurated January 20, 1961Died November 22, 1963".The back of the card is printed with prayers. "'We have loved him during life, let us not abandon him, until we have conducted him by our prayers into the house of the Lord.' St. AmbroseMy Jesus have mercy on the Soul ofJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDYPrayerIncline Thine ear, O Lord, unto ourprayers, wherein we humbly pray Theeto show Thy mercy upon the soul ofThy servant JOHN, whom Thou hast commanded to pass out of this world,that Thou wouldst place him in theregion of peace and light, and bid himbe a partaker with Thy Saints. ThroughChrist our Lord. Amen.(Indulgence 500 days -- Raccolta 600)".Near the lower left corner of the back of the card information about the producers: "Jefferies & Manz, Inc., Phila. 25, Pa."
Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
November 1963 - January 1964
Catholicism
Funeral
Mourning
Prayer card
Bachrach, Fabian
Kennedy, John F.
Philadelphia
Paper
4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2004.027.0001
Included in the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
Fabian Bachrach (1917-2010) was a fourth generation photographer whose family commercial portrait studio had photographed nearly every U.S. president since Abraham Lincoln. Sen. John F. Kennedy did a portrait sitting with Bachrach in 1959, though none of the photographs proved usable because they were out of focus or Kennedy appeared "awkward." After multiple attempts scheduling a reshoot, Fabian Bachrach got his chance in the middle of the 1960 presidential campaign when Kennedy was in his U.S. Senate office. The reshoot lasted approximately ten minutes, and Bachrach had time for only six photographs. A black and white image showing Kennedy looking directly into the camera became the official presidential portrait. A color image from that same reshoot, showing Kennedy in a leather armchair with the American flag behind him, was also widely distributed. Both of these Bachrach photos appeared on memorial materials following the assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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