Image of Air Force Two at Love Field airport

Object number2001.064.0022

Date11/22/1963

ClassificationsPhotographs

Photographer Dorothy Murphy

ObjectSlide

Credit LineDorothy and Carter Murphy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumFilm

Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)

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DescriptionOriginal 35mm color slide taken by Dallas resident Dorothy Murphy showing Air Force Two at Love Field airport on November 22, 1963. The backs of several signs and heads are visible in the foreground, as is a police officer who is mostly obscured by a sign.

Curatorial Commentary

A number of similar handmade signs were freely distributed to spectators at Dallas Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963. Although the wording on the roughly handwritten signs differed, all referenced "Grassroots Democrats," with some also indicating an affiliation with nearby Southern Methodist University. Slogans on these signs included: "All the Way with JFK," "Welcome Jack," and "We Love Jackie." One of these signs, the only surviving example known to exist, is in the Museum's Collection, 2018.021.0002 - https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/56406/. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator