1963 Christmas card memorializing President Kennedy

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1963 Christmas card memorializing President Kennedy

Object number2014.011.0442

Date12/04/1963

ClassificationsDocuments

Creator Cosette Faust Newton

ObjectCard, Christmas

Credit LineFred Fuston Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumPaper

Dimensions4 1/2 × 6 in. (11.4 × 15.2 cm)

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DescriptionThis folded Christmas card is dated December 4, 1963. The front has a black and white image of John F. Kennedy surrounded by a wreath illustration with "In Memoriam" at the bottom. The front of the card has two signatures, that of Cosette Faust Newton, M.D. and F. H. Newton, M.D.. Inside the card is a lengthy poem about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas written by Cosette Faust Newton.

Curatorial Commentary

Flamboyant local resident Cosette Faust-Newton was the subject of an article by author Cynthia Shearer in the Spring 2014 issue of Legacies Dallas History Journal. That article may be found here: Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 2014 - Page 28 - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu). The following year, I also included Ms. Faust-Newton in a Legacies article about Dallas memorialization of the Kennedy assassination: Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 27, Number 2, Fall 2015 - Page 24 of 67 - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu).

Ms. Faust-Newton's museum and this Christmas card were also discussed as part of the Museum multimedia lecture, "How Dallas Remembered President Kennedy," in June 2015: How Dallas Remembered President Kennedy - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator