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Image of floral tribute in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #14
Image of floral tribute in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #14

Image of floral tribute in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #14

Object number2001.004.0011
Date11/23/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Jerry Mainer
ObjectSlide
Credit LineJerry Mainer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographer Jerry Mainer. Image shows a floral tribute in Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination of President Kennedy. The tribute consists of a yellow wreath decorated with yellow and white chrysanthemums. The sign in the middle of the wreath reads "our beloved President, John F. Kennedy, Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you can do for your country."
Curatorial Commentary
The slides are numbered sequentially starting at #4 and going through #36, skipping #20, for a total of 32 slides. They were donated to the Museum like this, and it is unknown what happened to the missing slides from this sequence.   - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Dealey Plaza was transformed into a memorial shrine during the weekend of the assassination as mourners left wreaths, floral displays and notecards in memory of President Kennedy. One plaza visitor, George Reid, recalled in his Museum oral history: "People were starting to leave things and then, by Sunday morning, there was quite a bit of stuff there--quite a lot of flowers.... And people were coming down there, and people were standing there crying. People just bawling and just talking to each other, hugging each other, you know. It was an emotional scene that day." - Stephen Fagin, Curator