Postcard featuring assassination site

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Postcard produced by WDB Picture Cards in 1965. This postcard was typical of many offered for sale in Dallas and elsewhere.This image is not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of its creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum’s Reading Room.

Object Details

Object title:

Postcard featuring assassination site

Date:

1965

Terms:

Dealey Plaza

Triple underpass

Postcard

Assassination

Kennedy, John F.

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection

Object number:

2001.037.0001

Curatorial Note:

Are Dealey Plaza postcards historically significant? They can be if, for example, they show how the Plaza has changed over time. This 1965 card, for instance, shows that a "Stemmons Freeway Next Right" road sign on the north (right) side of Elm Street was no longer in place two years after President Kennedy's death. Assassination researchers have long wondered what happened to the sign and why it was moved. - Gary Mack, Curator