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Scenes of a President and His Mourners

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Kennedy as a Student - John F. Kennedy '40 photographed as a senior at Harvard in 1940. The image ran on the front page of the November 22, 1963, extra edition of The Crimson By The Harvard Crimson
At the Microphone - President John F. Kennedy '40 speaking at Boston's Commonwealth Armory on Saturday, Oct. 19, 1963, after attending the Harvard-Columbia football game. This photo ran on the front page of The Crimson on Monday, October 21, 1963, just a month before the President's assassination. By The Harvard Crimson
Kennedy the Overseer - The President-elect leaves University Hall after his final meeting on the University Board of Overseers on January 9, 1961. The photograph ran on page four of the Tuesday, November 26, 1963, issue of The Crimson. By The Harvard Crimson
Saturday, November 23, 1963, Front Page - By The Harvard Crimson
JFK at the Commonwealth Armory - President John F. Kennedy '40 and his brother Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 appear together at a dinner at Boston's Commonwealth Armory on Saturday, October 19, 1963, a month before the President's assassination. The photograph ran on the front page of the Monday, October 21, 1963, issue of The Crimson. By The Harvard Crimson
Mourning at Memorial Church - A student weeps as mourners gather outside Memorial Church on Saturday, November 23, 1963, to remember the fallen President. The photograph ran as the top image on the front page of the Monday, November 25, 1963, issue of The Crimson. By The Harvard Crimson
A President's Funeral - This Associated Press wire photo of the President's coffin in the Capitol Rotunda ran on the third page of the Monday, November 25, 1963, issue of The Crimson. By The Harvard Crimson
The Game, Rescheduled - Yale's Bill Henderson (40) runs into Crimson opposition during the second period of the 1963 Harvard-Yale Game, as John Dockerty (44), Jack Neuenschwander (70), and Rick Beizer (26) converge on the Eli halfback. This photograph from the New Haven Game, which was rescheduled for November 30 after the Kennedy assassination, ran on the third page of the Monday, December 2, 1963, issue of The Crimson. By The Harvard Crimson
A Family in Mourning - Robert F. Kennedy '48, the President's brother, and Jacqueline Kennedy, his wife, wait to join a funerary procession at the U.S. Capitol in this Associated Press photograph, which ran on the second page of the Monday, November 25, 1963, issue of The Crimson. By The Harvard Crimson
Archival photos in issues of The Crimson before and after John F. Kennedy '60's assassination.

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