{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"52345"},"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 a black vehicle from the side. The front passenger door's window is rolled up showing a reflection of tree limbs. In the lower right corner of this window, John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s face is visible peeking above the door frame. The rear passenger door's window is rolled three-quarters of the way down and two passengers are visible in profile seated in the backseat. Seated on the viewer's left is Lady Bird Johnson, with Caroline Kennedy next to her on the far side. \r\n\r\nFaces of individual mourners in the crowd are visible through the open windows of the vehicle. A crowd of mourners can be seen in the middle ground of the image past the hood of the car; children stand in the front row, many people hold cameras and are taking pictures. Two men are perched in the upper branches of trees in the background \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":"2017.062.0004.0003"},"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 members of the Kennedy family riding in a vehicle during the funeral procession from the White House to the United States Capitol building on Sunday, November 24, 1963.\r\n\r\nImage shows a black vehicle from the side with the front and rear passenger doors visible as well as part of the front passenger side tire. The front passenger door's window is rolled up showing a reflection of barren tree limbs. In the lower right corner of this window, John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s face is visible peaking above the door frame and looking straight ahead. The rear passenger door's window is rolled three-quarters of the way down and two passengers are visible in profile seated in the backseat. Seated on the viewer's left is what looks like Lady Bird Johnson and it looks like Caroline Kennedy is next to her. The faces of Individual mourners in the crowd are visible through the open windows of the vehicle. A crowd of mourners can be seen in the right middle ground of the image past the hood of the car; children stand in the front row, many people hold cameras and are taking pictures. Two men are perched in the upper branches of two separate leaf-less trees in the background.\r\n\r\nThe negative is on Kodak Safety Film / Kodak Tri X Pan Film. This image is number 19 on the negative strip (2017.062.0004); this image is the third 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/50780/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50780"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"35mm b&w negative of car taking Caroline and John Kennedy, Jr., to the Capitol"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Photographs"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/50780/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Photographs","Funeral","Procession","Youth","Student","Crowds","Mourners","Mourning","Kennedy, John F.","Kennedy, John F., Jr.","Kennedy, Caroline","Johnson, Lady Bird","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":"65394"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.7 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["2.3812547625"]}}]}