Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Prayer card printed in black and white for President John F. Kennedy. A portrait of President Kennedy taken by Fabrian Bachrach occupies the top two-thirds of the card; beneath the image is the following text:"John Fitzgerald Kennedy35th President of the United StatesBorn May 29, 1917Inaugurated January 20, 1961Died November 22, 1963"There are three prayers on the back of the card. Quoted at the top is the St. Ambrose Prayer 2, followed by the text: "My Jesus have mercy on the Soul of John Fitzgerald Kennedy", followed by the Prayer for a Departed Man which is concluded with: "(Indulgence 500 days--Raccolta 600)".In a smaller font printed toward the bottom of the back of the prayer card is the text:"Schuhmann Ptg. Co., Lou., Ky."
Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
11/25/1963
Paper
3 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10 × 6.4 cm)
Jesse Moyers Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.074.0060
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 printed in black and white for President John F. Kennedy. A portrait of President Kennedy taken by Fabrian Bachrach occupies the top two-thirds of the card; beneath the image is the following text:"John Fitzgerald Kennedy35th President of the United StatesBorn May 29, 1917Inaugurated January 20, 1961Died November 22, 1963"There are three prayers on the back of the card. Quoted at the top is the St. Ambrose Prayer 2, followed by the text: "My Jesus have mercy on the Soul of John Fitzgerald Kennedy", followed by the Prayer for a Departed Man which is concluded with: "(Indulgence 500 days--Raccolta 600)".In a smaller font printed toward the bottom of the back of the prayer card is the text:"Schuhmann Ptg. Co., Lou., Ky."
Prayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
11/25/1963
Prayer card
Memorials
Religion
Mass card
Catholicism
Funeral
Pop Culture
Mourning
Kennedy, John F.
Bachrach, Fabian
Louisville
Paper
3 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10 × 6.4 cm)
Jesse Moyers Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.074.0060
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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