/internal/media/dispatcher/50188/fullPrayer card for John Fitzgerald KennedyNovember 1963 - January 19644 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)PaperThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection2004.027.00010One black and white prayer card for John F. Kennedy printed on cream-colored paper.
Front of prayer card has thick black border around edges and black and white photograph of President Kennedy as central image on card. Beneath image of President Kennedy is the following text:
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy
35th President of the United States
Born May 29, 1917
Inaugurated January 20, 1961
Died November 22, 1963".
Reverse of prayer card has text printed in black:
"'We have loved him during life, let
us not abandon him, until we have
conducted him by our prayers into the
house of the Lord.'
St. Ambrose
My Jesus have mercy on the Soul of
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Prayer
Incline Thine ear, O Lord, unto our
prayers, wherein we humbly pray Thee
to show Thy mercy upon the soul of
Thy servant JOHN, whom Thou hast
commanded to pass out of this world,
that Thou wouldst place him in the
region of peace and light, and bid him
be a partaker with Thy Saints. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Indulgence 500 days -- Raccolta 600)".
In miniscule print near lower left corner of card on reverse is manufacturers information: "Jefferies & Manz, Inc., Phila. 25, Pa.".
Prayer card is in ok condition. Discoloration evident in paper throughout. Wear on corners; color loss on front in black border. (JM 10/23/2017)Documents654866.350012700010.160000000025047Prayer cardPrayer card for John Fitzgerald Kennedy printed on cream-colored paper.
The front of prayer card, outlined with a thick black border, features a black and white photograph of President Kennedy, taken by Fabian Bachrach, over the following text:
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy
35th President of the United States
Born May 29, 1917
Inaugurated January 20, 1961
Died November 22, 1963".
The back of the card is printed with prayers.
"'We have loved him during life, let us not abandon him, until we have conducted him by our prayers into the house of the Lord.' St. Ambrose
My Jesus have mercy on the Soul of
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Prayer
Incline Thine ear, O Lord, unto our
prayers, wherein we humbly pray Thee
to show Thy mercy upon the soul of
Thy servant JOHN, whom Thou hast
commanded to pass out of this world,
that Thou wouldst place him in the
region of peace and light, and bid him
be a partaker with Thy Saints. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Indulgence 500 days -- Raccolta 600)".
Near the lower left corner of the back of the card information about the producers: "Jefferies & Manz, Inc., Phila. 25, Pa."CatholicismFuneralMourningPrayer cardBachrach, FabianKennedy, John F.PhiladelphiaIncluded in the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of CollectionsFabian Bachrach (1917-2010) was a fourth generation photographer whose family commercial portrait studio had photographed nearly every U.S. president since Abraham Lincoln. Sen. John F. Kennedy did a portrait sitting with Bachrach in 1959, though none of the photographs proved usable because they were out of focus or Kennedy appeared "awkward." After multiple attempts scheduling a reshoot, Fabian Bachrach got his chance in the middle of the 1960 presidential campaign when Kennedy was in his U.S. Senate office. The reshoot lasted approximately ten minutes, and Bachrach had time for only six photographs. A black and white image showing Kennedy looking directly into the camera became the official presidential portrait. A color image from that same reshoot, showing Kennedy in a leather armchair with the American flag behind him, was also widely distributed. Both of these Bachrach photos appeared on memorial materials following the assassination. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator