Image of President and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field
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Image of President and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field
Original black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image is a close-up of President and Mrs. Kennedy greeting one of many dignitaries on the tarmac at Love Field. Mrs. Kennedy holds a bouquet of red roses.
Image of President and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field
11/22/1963
Film
1 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 3.8 cm)
Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.003.0008.0003
The Museum is frequently asked about the fate of Mrs. Kennedy's distinctive pink suit worn on November 22, 1963. The double-breasted wool suit is often called a "Chanel suit," though it was actually a line-for-line copy made by New York City company Chez Ninon and approved by Chanel. Mrs. Kennedy was photographed wearing the suit on several occasions prior to the fateful day of the assassination. As to its whereabouts today, although it has long been in the care of the National Archives, the suit was formally donated to the Archives by Caroline Kennedy in 2003 with the stipulation that it may not be publicly displayed until at least 2103, one hundred years after the donation, when display may then be approved by the Kennedy family. The stipulation against display, per the gift agreement, is to not "dishonor the memory" of President or Mrs. Kennedy or "cause any grief or suffering to" the Kennedy family. Today, the suit is stored in a custom-made, acid-free box with temperature and humidity control at the National Archives and Records Administration's College Park facility in Maryland. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of President and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field
Original black and white 35mm negative by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard. The image is a close-up of President and Mrs. Kennedy greeting one of many dignitaries on the tarmac at Love Field. Mrs. Kennedy holds a bouquet of red roses.
Image of President and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field
11/22/1963
Roses
Trip to Texas
Photographs
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Kennedy, John F.
Dillard, Tom C.
Love Field
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Film
1 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 3.8 cm)
Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.003.0008.0003
The Museum is frequently asked about the fate of Mrs. Kennedy's distinctive pink suit worn on November 22, 1963. The double-breasted wool suit is often called a "Chanel suit," though it was actually a line-for-line copy made by New York City company Chez Ninon and approved by Chanel. Mrs. Kennedy was photographed wearing the suit on several occasions prior to the fateful day of the assassination. As to its whereabouts today, although it has long been in the care of the National Archives, the suit was formally donated to the Archives by Caroline Kennedy in 2003 with the stipulation that it may not be publicly displayed until at least 2103, one hundred years after the donation, when display may then be approved by the Kennedy family. The stipulation against display, per the gift agreement, is to not "dishonor the memory" of President or Mrs. Kennedy or "cause any grief or suffering to" the Kennedy family. Today, the suit is stored in a custom-made, acid-free box with temperature and humidity control at the National Archives and Records Administration's College Park facility in Maryland. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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