{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"52344"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"© 2013 Donald Eugene Hughes\r\nDonald Hughes Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Original 35mm black and white negative of the procession taking President Kennedy's casket to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state on Sunday, November 24, 1963, taken by Donald Hughes, who was a high school yearbook photographer.\r\n\r\nImage shows military personnel from all branches walking on either side of the caisson upon which President Kennedy's flag-draped casket rests. The crowd of mourners is dense in the middle ground of the image; some can be seen holding cameras and taking pictures as the cortege passes.\r\n\r\nPresident Kennedy's casket lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for almost twenty-four hours, from Sunday, November 24, 1963, until the morning of Monday, November 25, 1963, when the casket was taken to St. Matthew's Cathedral for the funeral Mass and later to Arlington National Cemetery.\r\n\r\nThese images are not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of their creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum\u2019s Reading Room."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2017.062.0003.0005"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Original 35mm black and white negative with image taken by Donald Hughes, who was a high school yearbook photographer at the time, of President John F. Kennedy's funeral casket on the caisson during the funeral procession from the White House to the United States Capitol building on Sunday, November 24, 1963.\r\n\r\nImage shows military personnel from all branches walking on either side of the caisson upon which President Kennedy's flag-draped casket rests. The crowds of mourners are dense in the middle ground of the image; some can be seen holding cameras and taking pictures as the cortege passes. Several buildings are visible in the far background of the image behind barren trees that line the street.\r\n\r\nThe negative is on Kodak Safety Film / Kodak Tri X Pan Film. This image is number 16 on the negative strip (2017.062.0003); this image is the fifth on the negative strip. All negatives and strips were previously stored in waxed paper negative sleeves that were numbered and organized by Donald Hughes. \r\n\r\n(The donor is retaining the copyright to these images.)\r\n\r\nSmall slight scratches present throughout the surface; slight discoloration throughout. Negative strip is in good condition. (JM 10/30/2017)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Film"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/50778/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50778"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"35mm b&w negative of President Kennedy's casket being taken to the Capitol"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Photographs"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/50778/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Photographs","Flag","Funeral","Casket","Procession","Youth","Student","Military personnel","Kennedy, John F.","Washington, D.C."]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Negative (b&w)"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"11/24/1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["3.6512573025"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Included 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 Collections","Seventeen-year-old Maryland high school student Donald Hughes took a series of black and white photographs of the Kennedy funeral procession from the White House to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Although Hughes was a yearbook photographer for his high school, he was not \"on assignment\" that Sunday and does not recall any of his funeral images ending up in the 1964 yearbook. In fact, Hughes' photographs were largely unseen until they were featured online by The New York Times in 2013. Hughes recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum in 2017. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65393"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.7 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["2.3812547625"]}}]}