Suit and Shirt of Texas Governor John Connally (1963)
Create custom mounts for exhibit commemorating 50th anniversary of JFK assassination

Dress forms before alteration |

Creating shoulder extensions |

Attaching shoulder extensions |

Creating Reemay arm support |

Attaching stuffed arm support |

Figure with shoulder & arm supports |

Stomach padding added |

Stomach padding, back view |

Attaching leg supports |

Completed suit figure |

Cuff stays were designed from archival
materials
to replace cuff links, which
were not
included
in the accession. |

French cuffs required cuff stays to maintain their fold and to logically display bullet
holes. Substitute cuff links were judged to create authenticity issues.
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Clothes on completed figures
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Figures with custom display
skirts in exhibit vitrines |
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