Detroit Free Press Newspaper for November 23, 1963, "Kennedy Slain! Johnson President"
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This Saturday morning issue of the Detroit Free Press shows the way newspapers around the world announced the death of President John F. Kennedy. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and much of the first twelve pages to the events in Dallas on November 22, 1963. This lengthy coverage was only for such major events.
This Saturday morning issue of the Detroit Free Press shows the way newspapers around the world announced the death of President John F. Kennedy. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and much of the first twelve pages to the events in Dallas on November 22, 1963. This lengthy coverage was only for such major events.
Artifact
Newspaper
Date Made
23 November 1963
Subject Date
23 November 1963
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Photograph of President Johnson taking the oath of office by Cecil Stoughton. Published by Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan.
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.50.27
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Glynn.
Material
Newsprint
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 23 in (NOT folded)
Width: 15.25 in
Inscriptions
Printed at top of page one: CASTRO BACKER SEIZED AS SUSPECT / The Detroit Free Press EXTRA / KENNEDY SLAIN! / JOHNSON PRESIDENT
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