{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"73565"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"William Cravens Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Trombone and original case owned by Eastern Hills High School student William Cravens in 1963. Cravens used this instrument as a member of the Eastern Hills High School band to perform at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce presidential breakfast at the Hotel Texas on the morning of November 22, 1963. The band notably performed the last official rendition of \"Hail to the Chief\" prior to the Kennedy assassination."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2023.002.0001"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Trombone donor played on November 22, 1963 as a member of the Eastern Hills High School band. He performed at the Fort Worth breakfast, which is notable for being the last official playing of \u201cHail to the Chief\u201d prior to the assassination.\r\n\r\nThe trombone was subsequently given to the Eastern Hills High School by the donor so it could be used by other kids. The high school had it for several years prior to the donor retrieving the instrument (which was by that point being stored on a shelf rather than being actively used) in order to donate it to The Sixth Floor Museum when he discovered the Museum's interest in the instrument.\r\n\r\nNote: Mouthpiece included in case is not original. It was purchased by donor in January 2023 because he felt like the trombone would be incomplete without a mouthpiece, and he did not keep the original.month"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Metal"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/73637/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"73637"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/73641/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"73641"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/73643/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"73643"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Trombone with case, used at Fort Worth breakfast on November 22, 1963"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Artifacts"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/73637/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["25.4000508001"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Music","Fort Worth","Fort Worth breakfast","Trip to Texas","Kennedy, John F.","Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce","Fort Worth"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Artifact"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"11/22/1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["91.4401828804"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["This musical instrument had a unique journey from the Fort Worth breakfast to The Sixth Floor Museum nearly sixty years later. Donor William Cravens recalled that it was at one point stolen from his car, and he had to reclaim it from a pawn shop. He later donated the trombone to the Fort Worth ISD for other students to use, and it was in regular rotation for a number of years, used by dozens of band students who had no idea it had performed \"Hail to the Chief\" for President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Upon learning from his lifelong friend and fellow band student John Sparks that The Sixth Floor Museum was interested in acquiring an instrument used at the Fort Worth breakfast, Cravens set out to track down the trombone within the Fort Worth ISD. It was discovered in storage, having been retired from active use but thankfully not discarded, and Cravens reclaimed it and subsequently donated it to The Sixth Floor Museum in January 2023. \r\n\r\nWilliam Cravens' 2023 oral history may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73566. - Stephen Fagin, Curator","Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 28, 2024."]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65993"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"In case: 8 × 36 × 10 in. (20.3 × 91.4 × 25.4 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["20.3200406401"]}}]}