60th Anniversary of the John F. Kennedy Assassination
Materials featured here from the Duquesne Scholarship Collection explore the local reaction to JFK's assassination and its aftermath through archival photos and newspaper clippings:
John F. Kennedy Pittsburgh visit, October 1962
The Candidate's Credo, September 12, 1960
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive in Dallas (November 22, 1963)
President John F. Kennedy at a political rally in Fort Worth, TX, on November 22, 1963
Lyndon Johnson sworn in as President on November 22, 1963
JFK State Funeral
Lee Harvey Oswald mug shot
Ruby fatally shoots Oswald on November 24, 1963
Pristine bullet from stretcher (Parkland Natl Archives)
Contemporary Sentiment about JFK
An informal family portrait at their Hyannis Port, Mass.
President John F. Kennedy motorcade, Dallas, Texas, Friday, November 22, 1963