Gallery

Captions written by Sophia Campos

Photos by Sophia, Anthony and Jesse

We didn't want to post all the pictures from the gallery because we want you all to go see it for yourselves! However, we picked some pictures that we thought would be interesting and thought provoking on LBJ's legacy for students at Texas State.

 

Jesse standing outside of the small, modest museum on Guadalupe. 

 

This is a picture of how the quaint museum looks upon entering. 

  

The College Star was the Southwest Texas State newspaper. Today the newspaper is called University Star.  This front-page story includes an announcement that LBJ would return to Southwest Texas State at the commencement ceremony and speak.

Here is a portrait of LBJ that museum goers see in the front of the gallery.

 This newspaper clip of the College Star displays the university's loyalty and pride for the alumnus LBJ. They honored him at the 1955 Homecoming celebration, which was after LBJ graduated in 1930.

 Jesse and Anthony pose in front of the comic book that depicts LBJ as a superhero. The comic book is titled "Great Society," which is a nickname for the domestic programs that LBJ created to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. The comic book depicting LBJ as a superhero displays the positive public opinion for him. 

Above is a picture hung in the museum that displays LBJ and Martin Luther King. The two leaders were working together to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A memorial on the corner of MLK Drive and LBJ Drive is going to be made to honor the joint effort of the two men to create the act.

 

This newspaper article shows the museum goers the impact that LBJ's death had on the city of San Marcos. Not only was LBJ's death hard for citizens of San Marcos, but for the state of Texas. Texas Legislature created Lyndon Baines Johnson Day on Aug. 27, which is a holiday in the state of Texas. Aug. 27 is LBJ's birthday.

 

LBJ died on Jan. 22, 1973 after suffering a massive heart attack. This photo was taken during the state funeral services at the Capitol where Texas Congressman J. J. Pickle eulogized LBJ. 

This is a letter from J. J. Pickle to the president of the State Bank and Trust Company in San Marcos. In the letter Pickle sends his condolences from Washington D.C. to San Marcos after the one-year anniversary of LBJ's death.

The museum features LBJ's real hat, and it has his name engraved on the inside flap.

 

This was our favorite picture since it shows the fun-loving side of LBJ. Here he is dancing with actress Carol Channing.

We liked the picture so much, we decided to imitate it...

Who does it better? 

Anthony and I, clearly...