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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35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

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35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

35mm color slide showing floral tributes left in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy. A large group of flowers is in the foreground with people gathered around. Elm Street is visible on the left side of the frame and part of the Texas School Book Depository is visible in the background. Cardboard carrier has "Kodachrome Transparency, Processed by Kodak" printed on one side and "15, Dec 63D, .0078442" printed on the other side.Original slide (emulsion faces subject, not viewer)Flowers were left all along Elm Street honoring the memory of John F. Kennedy for months and months following the assassination. (public reaction)

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Object title:

35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/25/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Dal-Tex Building

Texas School Book Depository

Tributes

Mourners

Crowds

Flowers

Memorials

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Robert Russell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1999.034.0007

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35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

35mm color slide showing floral tributes left in Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President Kennedy. A large group of flowers is in the foreground with people gathered around. Elm Street is visible on the left side of the frame and part of the Texas School Book Depository is visible in the background. Cardboard carrier has "Kodachrome Transparency, Processed by Kodak" printed on one side and "15, Dec 63D, .0078442" printed on the other side.Original slide (emulsion faces subject, not viewer)Flowers were left all along Elm Street honoring the memory of John F. Kennedy for months and months following the assassination. (public reaction)

Object Details
Object title:

35mm color slide of floral tributes at Dealey Plaza

Date:

11/25/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Dal-Tex Building

Texas School Book Depository

Tributes

Mourners

Crowds

Flowers

Memorials

Dealey Plaza

Elm Street

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

Credit line:

Robert Russell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1999.034.0007

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