Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bookmark
Object Number:
2008.3t
Date:
1963
Medium:
Woven silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 2 in. (24.1 x 5.1 cm)
Description:
Memorial bookmark for John F. Kennedy, with bust of JFK, "John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963" and eulogy delivered by Mike Mansfield in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Nov. 24, 1963 beginning "There was a sound of laughter…;" Ascot Woven Label Corp.
Credit Line:
Gift of Pam B. Schafler in honor of Rhoda and Sidney Bressler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
