"TV Guide: America's Long Vigil," 1963-1964
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This issue of TV Guide documented the unprecedented four-day, uninterrupted television coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the succession of President Lyndon B. Johnson and the national mourning. Produced a mere two months after the tragedy, this extraordinary issue recounted the hour-by-hour events, the television anchors and reporters who stayed on duty, and provided the reader with a memorial souvenir.
This issue of TV Guide documented the unprecedented four-day, uninterrupted television coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the succession of President Lyndon B. Johnson and the national mourning. Produced a mere two months after the tragedy, this extraordinary issue recounted the hour-by-hour events, the television anchors and reporters who stayed on duty, and provided the reader with a memorial souvenir.
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
25 January 1964
Subject Date
22 November 1963-25 November 1963
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.110.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 5.25 in
Length: .188 in
Inscriptions
Text on front cover: A SPECIAL SECTION YOU WILL WANT TO KEEP / TV / GUIDE / AMERICA'S LONG VIGIL / A permanent record / of what we watched / on television from / Nov.22 to 25, 1963 / Plus Regular Features...
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