Detroit Free Press Newspaper for November 26, 1963, "President Kennedy Rests"
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This Tuesday morning issue of the Detroit Free Press shows the way newspapers reported the developing news surrounding President John F. Kennedy's death and the funeral on Monday. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and many following pages to the continuing events. This lengthy coverage was unusual and occurred only to report such major events.
This Tuesday morning issue of the Detroit Free Press shows the way newspapers reported the developing news surrounding President John F. Kennedy's death and the funeral on Monday. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and many following pages to the continuing events. This lengthy coverage was unusual and occurred only to report such major events.
Artifact
Newspaper
Date Made
26 November 1963
Subject Date
26 November 1963
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Photographs through Associated Press. Published by Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan.
Keywords
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.50.34
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: The Detroit Free Press / President Kennedy Rests / New Evidence / On Oswald / Is Mounting / Nation Buries / Fallen Leader / Jackie Ignites / Eternal Flame /
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