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Image of Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building
Image of Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building

Image of Dealey Plaza looking toward the Texas School Book Depository building

Object number1996.014.0098
Date11/24/1963 - 11/25/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer George Reid
ObjectSlide
Credit LineGeorge Reid Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm color image on Kodak Ektachrome Transparency slide taken by amateur photographer George Reid. Immediately after the assassination and in the following days and weeks, people left flowers and mementos in Dealey Plaza in honor of President Kennedy. This image was taken the weekend of the assassination and shows flower memorials and groups of mourners in Dealey Plaza looking towards Elm Street and the Texas School Book Depository building, on the roof of which can be seen the iconic Hertz sign.
Curatorial Commentary
George Reid was a longtime John F. Kennedy supporter who campaigned for him in Texas. He also filmed home-movie footage of President Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas and in Dealey Plaza on several occasions in the 1960s. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager