Original Los Angeles Times newspaper dated Saturday Morning, November 23, 1963, documenting the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas the previous day.
The dramatic front page carries the enormous headline:
“KENNEDY ASSASSINATED”
with the accompanying subheadline:
“Sniper’s Bullet Kills President in Dallas; Johnson Takes Oath”
This is a particularly desirable California / Los Angeles issue because the Los Angeles Times devoted substantial local and national coverage to Kennedy, including his political history in Southern California and his close connections to Los Angeles.
The front page includes the now-historic photograph of President and Mrs. Kennedy in the Dallas motorcade shortly before the shooting, along with extensive reporting on the assassination and the transition of power to Lyndon B. Johnson.
Included sections
This lot contains two original newspaper sections:
Part I — Main News Section
- 24 pages
- Extensive assassination coverage
- Kennedy assassination front page
- Lyndon B. Johnson taking the presidential oath
- Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy returning with the President’s body
- Dallas assassination scene coverage
- Lee Harvey Oswald coverage
- Kennedy family photographs
- Kennedy’s life and presidency
- Kennedy’s strong Southern California / Los Angeles connections
- Political reaction in Washington and California
- International reaction
- Contemporary advertisements and local Los Angeles reporting
Part II — Sports Section
- 12 pages
- Headline: “SPORTS CLOSE DOWN IN KENNEDY TRIBUTE”
- USC-UCLA game postponed
- National sporting events canceled or rescheduled
- “Sports Lose Great Friend, Fan in Kennedy”
- Period Los Angeles sports coverage, scores and advertising
Total included: 36 pages
Important completeness note
The front-page masthead identifies the November 23, 1963 issue as:
“FOUR PARTS — PART ONE”
64 PAGES
This offering contains:
- Part I — 24 pages
- Part II / Sports — 12 pages
- 36 pages total
Parts III and IV are not included.
The newspaper is therefore not represented as a complete 64-page edition.
Notable interior content
The photographs show an unusually strong amount of Kennedy-related material, including:
- “Kennedy’s Widow, Brother Hold Hands in Grief at Coffin”
- “Wife Bends Over the Fallen President”
- Images of the assassination scene and Dealey Plaza
- Map showing the assassination route and locations
- Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in aboard Air Force One
- “Highlights in Life and Presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy”
- “The President Had Strong Clan Ties”
- Kennedy family photographs
- Kennedy’s visits and political history in Los Angeles
- Lee Harvey Oswald pictured and identified in early assassination coverage
- Contemporary national and international reaction
- Wall Street reaction to news of the assassination
- Period department-store, automobile, furniture, electronics and Christmas-season advertising
The issue also provides an excellent snapshot of Los Angeles life in November 1963, with period advertising and local cultural, political and sports coverage throughout.
Size
Newspaper measures approximately:
23” x 15” when fully opened
Protective holder included
Also included is the rigid clear plastic newspaper holder shown in the photographs, approximately:
17 1/2” x 13 1/2”
The rigid holder helps support the folded newspaper and reduces bending, creasing and handling wear during storage.
The holder is a modern storage accessory and is not represented as archival or acid-free.
Condition
Authentic vintage newspaper with expected age and handling wear.
Condition characteristics visible in the photographs include:
- Overall age toning / yellowing
- Original horizontal and vertical newspaper folds
- Small edge tears and nicks
- Minor edge losses
- Creasing and handling wear
- Some small interior tears
- Minor age-related brittleness
- Diagonal crease/line visible across the upper portion of the front page
- Some unevenness along edges from storage and age
Despite its age, the bold “KENNEDY ASSASSINATED” headline remains extremely strong and displayable, and the newspaper retains a substantial amount of historically important interior coverage.
Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.
Provenance / Collection
This newspaper comes from the Pelletier family estate collection, a long-held Southern California collection of historic newspapers, magazines, records, electronics and other vintage ephemera.
Additional historic newspapers from the same collection are being listed separately, including other John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Marilyn Monroe and major 20th-century headline issues.
Additional vintage magazines, records, electronics and estate ephemera from the same collection will also be listed. Please check our other listings and check back frequently as additional pieces are added.
Combined Shipping
We are glad to combine purchases whenever practical.
For additional magazine or newspaper issues purchased and shipped together to the same U.S. address, we are happy to offer free shipping on each additional eligible issue after the first.
Please contact us before payment when purchasing multiple items so combined shipping can be arranged appropriately.
U.S. shipping will generally be via an economical tracked service appropriate for the item. Delivery times vary by destination and carrier.
Because of the age and fragility of this newspaper, it will be carefully supported and packed for shipment.
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