/internal/media/dispatcher/55599/fullInvitation to the Inauguration of President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson01/20/196111 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (28.6 × 21.3 cm)PaperJulie and Michael Lowenberg Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2019.031.0002.00020Honorary invitation to the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 20, 1961. Small notecard with which this object was originally housed, 2019.031.0004, specifies that this is an honorary invitation to serve as a memento of the historic occasion.
Invitation is printed on one-fourth of a quarter-fold piece of large paper. Wide embossed border around text and graphics of invitation. Thermography printing used for gold-colored seal at top center and black text below seal. Text printed in two fonts - one a formal serif and the other a thin script sans serif. Invitation text is as follows:
"The Inaugural Committee
requests the honor of your presence
to attend and participate in the Inauguration of
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
as President of the United States of America
and
Lyndon Baines Johnson
as Vice President of the United States of America
on Friday the twentieth of January
one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one
in the City of Washington
Edward H. Foley
Chairman"
Invitation was originally stored inside envelope [2019.031.0002.0001] along with order form for a commemorative bronze medal, a card, and an order form for the official inaugural souvenir program [2019.031.0003 - .0005]. Objects were removed for rehousing.
Invitation in excellent condition. Minor yellowing to paper. (JM 12/10/2019)Documents6576021.272542545128.575057150164033InvitationInvitation to the Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, in Washington D.C., January 20, 1961.InaugurationKennedy, John F.Johnson, Lyndon B.Inaugural CommitteeWashington, D.C.