Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bookmark
Object name
Bookmark
Date
1963
Medium
Woven silk
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 x 2 in. (24.1 x 5.1 cm)
Description
Memorial bookmark for John F. Kennedy, with bust of JFK, "John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963" and eulogy delivered by Mike Mansfield in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Nov. 24, 1963 beginning "There was a sound of laughter
Credit Line
Gift of Pam B. Schafler in honor of Rhoda and Sidney Bressler
Object Number
2008.3t