October 2015 Auction Ends Thursday, October 29th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2015
Original invitation to the dinner welcoming John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to Texas the fateful night of 22 November 1963. The formal print reads in full: ''In honor of President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson The State Democratic Executive Committee requests the pleasure of your company at the Texas Welcome Dinner on Friday evening the twenty-second of November One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three at half after seven o'clock at the Municipal Auditorium in the City of Austin''. Signed in print by the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary. Fine print to the lower left reads: ''Contribution card enclosed / Optional dress''. Single-fold stationery measures 7'' x 9.75''. The faintest foxing to verso and a tiny sliver of paper loss to the top edge, else near fine.
Invitation to the Dinner Welcoming President Kennedy to Texas the Night of His Assassination
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