Image of floral tributes left at Dealey Plaza
Object number1999.034.0018
DateApril 1964
ClassificationsPhotographs
ObjectSlide
Credit LineRobert Russell Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm color slide on Kodak Kodachrome Transparency Film taken by an unknown photographer. Immediately after the assassination and in the following days, weeks and months, people left flowers and mementos in Dealey Plaza in honor of President Kennedy. This picture was taken in April of 1964. Image shows flowers, wreaths, and notes left by mourners at the north pergola in Dealey Plaza.
Curatorial CommentaryIn the weeks and months following the assassination, as the number of memorial tributes decreased, the north pergola in Dealey Plaza became the designated location for any new and remaining floral arrangements, wreaths and notecards. This was in part to shift visitors to the site away from Elm Street which remains to this day a busy thoroughfare at the gateway of downtown Dallas. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
