/internal/media/dispatcher/17875/fullBlack and white photograph of mourners and flowers in Dealey Plaza11/22/19633 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 cm)PaperJim Walker Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.020.00080Original b&w first-generation print of mourners and flowers on south side of Elm Street, taken the afternoon of the assassination. Image on Kodak paper.
Back Reads:
"8" (black ink)
"Flower placed at spot wher[e] Kennedy was shot. Jane and I standing there looking at window."
In the accompanying binder, Jim Walker has written a summary of the image, which reads:
"Flowers"
"Within three hours, flowers started arriving from all over the world. This is Dealey Plaza across from the School Book Depository. These were from some King in Africa. By dark, the plaza was covered. This picture was taken about three hours after the assassination. Notice there still does not appear to be any major evidence gathering or investigation. The street was never closed. The man in the dark trench coat is looking at the approximate spot where Kennedy was shot."Photographs6432612.06502413008.255016510027355Photograph (b&w)0E-10Black and white photograph of mourners and flowers on the south side of Elm Street in Dealey Plaza, taken the afternoon of the assassination. The Texas School Book Depository is in the background.
CrowdsFlowersMemorialsMournersPhotographsDealey PlazaWalker, JimTexas School Book DepositoryDallasThis amateur photograph of Dealey Plaza was taken by Jim Walker, a mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza. Walker took photos of the motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Street. Following the assassination, he also photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and outside the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Mr. Walker, who donated all of his images to the Museum in 2006, recorded an oral history about his experiences on June 6, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator