/internal/media/dispatcher/9904/fullImage of floral tributes in Dealey Plaza after the assassination, Slide #1511/23/19632 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)FilmJerry Mainer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2001.004.00120Color slide, developed December 1963, number 15 in set. Shows memorial flower arrangements on Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 23, 1963. The photo was taken on the grassy knoll, near the pergola. Near the center of the photo is a small cross, decorated with pink flowers and ribbon; in front of the cross is a small red, possibly glass object which might be a candle holder. Scattered around the pink cross are other bouquets and flower arrangements. In the background, in front of and beside the pergola, mourners can be seen.
Marked as a "Color Transparency."Photographs632025.08000000005.080000000020754SlideOriginal 35mm color slide taken by amateur photographer Jerry Mainer. Image shows floral tributes on the north side of Elm Street in Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination of President Kennedy. The north pergola can be partially seen in the background.MournersFlowersDealey PlazaPhotographsTributesFlagAmerican flagDallasThe 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 ManagerDealey 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