Image of Maria Anagonstou at Love Field holding drawings of the Kennedys
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Image of Maria Anagonstou at Love Field holding drawings of the Kennedys
Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss showing Maria Anagnostou holding drawings of the Kennedys at Love Field airport in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. Several photographers can be seen on the tarmac behind her as they wait on the arrival of Air Force One.
Image of Maria Anagonstou at Love Field holding drawings of the Kennedys
11/22/1963
Cardboard, Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.006.0002
Maria Anagnostou of Greece spent several months in Dallas in 1963, staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Strattin (Mrs. Strattin was a distant cousin). When Maria went to see President and Mrs. Kennedy at Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963, she brought with her charcoal drawings of the couple that Maria's brother, Evangelista, had created when Jackie Kennedy visited Greece in October 1963. A brief news story about Maria, the drawings and her hopes of seeing President and Mrs. Kennedy ("Problems of Maria All Greek") was published in the Dallas Times Herald on November 20, 1963, two days before the assassination. Although it was a minor human-interest story, it ended up being included in Warren Commission Exhibit 1377 simply because the story ran alongside a more significant article by reporter Keith Shelton about security preparations for the president's visit ("Police Chief Puts Dallas on Notice.") Interestingly, Maria's Dallas host, Mrs. Strattin, also had a daughter named Maria. Maria Strattin was named Miss Dallas 1962. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of Maria Anagonstou at Love Field holding drawings of the Kennedys
Original 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographers Rudy and Vera Clauss showing Maria Anagnostou holding drawings of the Kennedys at Love Field airport in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. Several photographers can be seen on the tarmac behind her as they wait on the arrival of Air Force One.
Image of Maria Anagonstou at Love Field holding drawings of the Kennedys
11/22/1963
Photographs
Artwork
Kennedy supporter
Photographer
Love Field
Dallas
Cardboard, Film
2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Rudy and Vera Clauss Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.006.0002
Maria Anagnostou of Greece spent several months in Dallas in 1963, staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Strattin (Mrs. Strattin was a distant cousin). When Maria went to see President and Mrs. Kennedy at Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963, she brought with her charcoal drawings of the couple that Maria's brother, Evangelista, had created when Jackie Kennedy visited Greece in October 1963. A brief news story about Maria, the drawings and her hopes of seeing President and Mrs. Kennedy ("Problems of Maria All Greek") was published in the Dallas Times Herald on November 20, 1963, two days before the assassination. Although it was a minor human-interest story, it ended up being included in Warren Commission Exhibit 1377 simply because the story ran alongside a more significant article by reporter Keith Shelton about security preparations for the president's visit ("Police Chief Puts Dallas on Notice.") Interestingly, Maria's Dallas host, Mrs. Strattin, also had a daughter named Maria. Maria Strattin was named Miss Dallas 1962. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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