{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"52346"},"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 dark horse with an empty saddle on its back, backward-facing riding boot in the stirrup, and saber hanging from the dee strap near the rear padding of the saddle. The riderless horse is a tradition associated with military funerals; the backward-facing boots symbolize the fallen leader surveying his troops for the last time. \r\n\r\nBlack Jack is led by Private First Class Arthur A. Carlson of the 3rd Infantry, although all but Carlson's legs and gloved hand are obscured by the horse. Crowds of mourners are visible in the middle ground; many hold cameras and are taking pictures. Two children are seated on the curb watching the funeral cortege pass. A member of the military is standing in front of the crowd and is saluting the procession. \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":"2017.062.0004.0001"},"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 the caparisoned horse Black Jack during President John F. Kennedy's funeral procession from the White House to the United States Capitol building on Sunday, November 24, 1963.\r\n\r\nImage shows a dark-colored horse in profile with an empty saddle on its back, backward facing riding boot in the stirrup, and sword hanging from the dee strap near the rear padding of the saddle. The member of the military that is leading Black Jack is Private First Class Arthur A. Carlson of the 3rd Infantry; he is hardly visible in the image except for his legs and the gloved hand that holds Black Jack's reins. Crowds of mourners are visible in the middle ground; many hold cameras and are taking pictures. Two children are seated on the curb watching the funeral cortege pass. A member of the military is standing in front of the crowd and is saluting the procession. A building can be seen in the background in the upper left of the image behind barren trees.\r\n\r\nThe negative is on Kodak Safety Film / Kodak Tri X Pan Film. This image is number 17 on the negative strip (2017.062.0004); this image is the first 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/50779/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50779"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"35mm b&w negative of Black Jack, the riderless horse, in the funeral cortege"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Photographs"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/50779/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Crowds","Photographs","Funeral","Mourners","Procession","Youth","Student","Black Jack","Military personnel","Mourning","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. \r\n\r\nArthur Carlson, the nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class who led the horse Black Jack, recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum in 2010. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65395"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (2.4 × 3.7 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["2.3812547625"]}}]}