Memorial card of President John F. Kennedy from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Printed photo card of President John F. Kennedy from Mae's Millinery Shop. The front features a drawing of his face in three-quarter profile. The reverse has a message printed in black ink reading "John Fitzgerald Kennedy / President of the United States / May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963 / Dear God, Please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy" followed by a prayer several paragraphs long.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1963-1994
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: commemoratives
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm)
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Millinery
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Prayer
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2010.6.16
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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