{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"53083"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Horseshoe worn by one of the six white horses that pulled the caisson bearing President John F. Kennedy's casket during the weekend of his funeral in Washington, D.C. in November 1963. \r\n\r\nThis horseshoe was given to U.S. Army Captain Gerard M. Devlin in January 1964 by Captain Richard C. Cloy. At the time of President Kennedy's funeral, U.S. Army Captain Cloy was a Company Commander in the 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as \"The Old Guard,\" which included the Caisson Platoon. Shortly after the funeral, the horseshoe was dipped in a silver metal substance to preserve it as a keepsake."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2017.065.0001.0001"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Metal horseshoe coated in unknown, very shiny, silver material. Horseshoe was originally worn by one of the six white horses that pulled President John F. Kennedy's caisson during his funeral procession in Washington, D.C. on Monday, November 25, 1963. \r\n\r\nHorseshoe has thin, shallow indentations all over the surface like small scratches in the metal. Nail channels are matte silver compared to the shiny appearance on the front of the horseshoe. Reverse of horseshoe is mostly matte; silver coating loss in a few small places where rust is showing through. Three \"globs\" of metal that are pocked and not completely coated with silver material in recesses of pock marks on front of shoe; \"globs\" - one at top of toe and one on each heel. Reverse of toe has thin, flat, curved \"tab\" of metal that protrudes perpendicular from the surface of the horseshoe. Four square nail holes in each channel on the outer edge and quarter of the shoe.\r\n\r\nThis horseshoe was given to Captain Gerard M. Devlin in January 1964 by Colonel Richard C. Cloy. At the time of President Kennedy's funeral, Col. Cloy was commanding HQ and HQ Company, 3rd (BG), \"The Old Guard\" in 1963 - 1964, and he had the Caisson Platoon under his command during the time of President Kennedy's funeral procession. [See media attachments on 2017.065 for more details; Text Entries for further clarification of Col. Cloy's title.]\r\n\r\nCol. Cloy knows the horseshoe was not \"dipped\" in anything when he gave it to Captain Devlin. In fact, Col. Cloy has recently said in an interview with Curator Stephen Fagin that the horseshoe was in \"raw shape, just as it came off the horse - and even a little rusty,\" and was unaware until recently that the silver coating was on the horseshoe. Michael Devlin, Capt. Devlin's son - who was present when his father was given the horseshoe, says the shoe has been shiny silver for as long as he can remember. Thus, it is likely the silver coating was put on the horseshoe while in Capt. Devlin's ownership. [See Text Entries for more details.]\r\n\r\nUpdated 01/30/2017: In Michael Devlin's Oral History interview with Curator Stephen Fagin, Mr. Devlin shared that his elderly mother recalled that her late husband, Captain Devlin, took the horseshoe to a plating company in Maryland to preserve it. [See Text Entries for more details.]\r\n\r\nRegarding the date of the horseshoe -\r\nHorses typically wear a shoe for about six weeks. Some shoes can be reused - meaning the shoe is removed, the hoof is trimmed and rebalanced, and the old shoe is put back on. The horses that pulled President Kennedy's caisson were likely shod within a six-week window of the procession - the horseshoes could have been worn once and the horses reshod shortly after the procession (within that six-week time period). When a horseshoe is not in use it is quick to rust and they are quick to wear when on the horse, which explains Col. Cloy's description of the shoe when he handed it over to Capt. Devlin. \r\n\r\nHorseshoe originally had a handwritten paper tag [2017.065.0001.0002] attached with a pipe cleaner that was removed and the pipe cleaner disposed of.\r\n\r\nEvidence of rust visible on reverse and in nail channels on front. (JM 01/11/2018)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Metal"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/51048/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"51048"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Horseshoe worn by one of the six white horses from President Kennedy's funeral"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Artifacts"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/51048/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["2.8575057150"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Funeral","Military personnel","U.S. Army","Washington, D.C."]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Horseshoe"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1963 - 1964"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["13.3350266701"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Both Col. Richard C. Cloy and Michael Devlin, son of the late Captain Gerard Devlin, recorded oral histories with the Museum in 2018. Michael Devlin, eight years old in 1963, was with his father on a visit to the stables which held the caisson horses shortly after the Kennedy funeral. At that time, Cloy gave the family a horseshoe from one of the six white horses. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"66373"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"5 3/8 × 5 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (13.7 × 13.3 × 2.9 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["13.6525273051"]}}]}