/internal/media/dispatcher/51780/fullFuneral fan featuring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and John and Robert Kennedy196811 13/16 × 7 9/16 × 1/8 in. (30 × 19.2 × 0.3 cm)Paper, Wood, MetalThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection2018.018.00010Paper funeral fan with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President John F. Kennedy, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy pictured on the front side. Curved wooden handle attached to paper fan with two metal staples. Fan is square-shaped with rounded corners.
Full-color photographic images of Dr. King, President Kennedy, and Senator Kennedy are superimposed over one another so it appears they are standing together; President Kennedy is pictured in the center behind the other two images, Senator Kennedy's image overlaps Dr. King's slightly at the shoulders. The images of each man are shown from the shoulders up; set against a light blue ground. The text "Freedom Fighters" is printed in all caps along the top curved edge of the fan. Below each man's image is a famous quote from him and his life dates. Below Dr. King is the following quote:
"'I Have a Dream That One Day This
Nation Will Rise Up and Live Out
The True Meaning of Its Creed'
'We Hold These Truths To Be Self
Evident: That All Men Are Created
Equal' Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
JAN. 15, 1929 - APRIL 4, 1968"
Beneath President Kennedy's image is the following text:
"'Ask Not What Your Country Can
Do For You; Ask What You
Can Do For Your Country.'
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
MAY 29, 1917 - NOVEMBER 22, 1963"
Below Senator Kennedy's image:
"'Some Men See Things As They
Are and Say Why.
I Dream Things That Never Were
and Say Why Not.'
Robert F. Kennedy
NOV. 20, 1925 - JUNE 6, 1968"
Reverse of fan has information from Ferguson Funeral Home in Idabel, Oklahoma. Information printed on reverse includes address, phone number, additional location in Paris, Texas, and amenities offered at Ferguson Funeral Home. On either side of fan handle are lines about "Our Creed" and "Our Duty". All text printed in black. [see media attachments for full text content]
Fan in poor condition. Paper has liquid stain marks on lower front corner, severe discoloration on reverse, color loss throughout front, and paper loss all along top edge. (JM 04/25/2018)Artifacts6606419.208788417630.003810007654314Fan0.3175006350Hand-held funeral fan featuring color images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy on the front side. A flat wooden handle with curved sides is attached to the paper fan with two metal staples.
The text "Freedom Fighters" is printed in all caps along the top curved edge of the fan. Below each man's image is a famous quote from him along with his life dates. Below Dr. King is the following text:
"'I Have a Dream That One Day This Nation Will Rise Up and Live Out The True Meaning of Its Creed'
'We Hold These Truths To Be Self Evident: That All Men Are Created Equal'
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
JAN. 15, 1929 - APRIL 4, 1968"
Beneath President Kennedy's image:
"'Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You; Ask What You Can Do For Your Country.'
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
MAY 29, 1917 - NOVEMBER 22, 1963"
Below Senator Kennedy's image:
"'Some Men See Things As They Are and Say Why. I Dream Things That Never Were
and Say Why Not.'
Robert F. Kennedy
NOV. 20, 1925 - JUNE 6, 1968"
On the back of the fan is information from Ferguson Funeral Home in Idabel, Oklahoma, including address, phone number, additional location in Paris, Texas, and amenities offered at Ferguson Funeral Home. All text printed in black.PhotographsCivil rightsFuneralSpeechesAssassinationKennedy, John F.Kennedy, Robert F.King, Martin Luther, Jr.ParisIdabel