Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Jim Kurtz Oral History

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Jim Kurtz Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Kurtz. Inspired to become a funeral director after watching the Kennedy funeral on television as a sixth-grader, Kurtz has actively researched and collected documents related to high-profile funerals--including those of Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby, and Tippit--since the early 1970s.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2007, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-two minutes long.

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Object title:

Jim Kurtz Oral History

Date:

06/28/2007

Terms:

Funeral

Student

Television

Oral histories

Kurtz, Jim

Kennedy Funeral (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Kennedy Collectors (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

42 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0060

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Jim Kurtz Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Kurtz. Inspired to become a funeral director after watching the Kennedy funeral on television as a sixth-grader, Kurtz has actively researched and collected documents related to high-profile funerals--including those of Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby, and Tippit--since the early 1970s.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2007, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jim Kurtz Oral History

Date:

06/28/2007

Terms:

Funeral

Student

Television

Oral histories

Kurtz, Jim

Kennedy Funeral (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Kennedy Collectors (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

42 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0060

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