Title from caption on object: “The Start of Her Tragic Day in Dallas”

November 22, 1963

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.3 × 17.5 cm (8 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.6 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.485

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Henry Yee, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom printed in image: (NY16-Dec. 2)THE START OF HER TRAGIC DAY IN DALLAS--Mrs. Jacqueline / Kennedy, wearing a pink wool suit and pillbox hat, smiled as she / received a bouquet of red roses on arriving at Dallas airport Nov. 22. / It was the start of a tragic day for her that ended with her / husband’s assassination. (AP Wirephoto) (see AP wire story by Frances / Lewine) (pr20930stf) 1963; on verso, upper right stamped in black ink: DATE USE / OCT 2 1969 / [by unknown hand in blue ink: 9-10-79]; upper right stamped in red ink: OCT 20 1991; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular

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