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Eamon Kennedy Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Eamon Kennedy. A native of Ireland, Kennedy was a photographer at the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. On the weekend of the assassination, he took images at Dallas Love Field, Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Texas Theatre and Dallas police headquarters. He later covered the Jack Ruby trial and the Warren Commission's visit to Dallas.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 16, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and four minutes long.
Eamon Kennedy Oral History
05/16/2014
Oral histories
Jack Ruby trial
Investigations
Photographer
Dallas Times Herald
Love Field
Parkland Hospital
Texas Theatre
Warren Commission
Dallas Police Headquarters
Dallas Municipal Building
Dallas
Republic of Ireland
News Media (OHC)
Love Field Airport (OHC)
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 64 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.001.0059
Eamon Kennedy has been a longtime friend of the Museum. He first recorded an audio oral history in 1996 while living in California, unique for being the only interview in our collection that was recorded inside a restaurant over lunch. Years later, after Eamon had resettled in Dallas, he participated in this interview in May 2014. As a result of reestablishing contact with the Museum, he soon made a series of generous donations, gifting his entire collection of Kennedy-related and Jack Ruby trial photographic negatives to the Museum. Since this 2014 oral history, Eamon has participated in a series of public and educational programs. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In 2020, Eamon Kennedy was the subject of an award-winning radio documentary, "The Grief of a Nation," which focused on his iconic image of young Kathey Atkinson in tearful prayer at Parkland Memorial Hospital (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/3454). Produced by and aired on RTE Radio 1 in Ireland, the audio documentary included excerpts from the Museum's oral history with the late Kathey Atkinson. The full forty-four-minute program may be heard here: Documentary On One - capturing the grief of a nation (rte.ie). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Eamon Kennedy Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Eamon Kennedy. A native of Ireland, Kennedy was a photographer at the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. On the weekend of the assassination, he took images at Dallas Love Field, Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Texas Theatre and Dallas police headquarters. He later covered the Jack Ruby trial and the Warren Commission's visit to Dallas.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 16, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and four minutes long.
Eamon Kennedy Oral History
05/16/2014
Oral histories
Jack Ruby trial
Investigations
Photographer
Dallas Times Herald
Love Field
Parkland Hospital
Texas Theatre
Warren Commission
Dallas Police Headquarters
Dallas Municipal Building
Dallas
Republic of Ireland
News Media (OHC)
Love Field Airport (OHC)
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 64 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2014.001.0059
Eamon Kennedy has been a longtime friend of the Museum. He first recorded an audio oral history in 1996 while living in California, unique for being the only interview in our collection that was recorded inside a restaurant over lunch. Years later, after Eamon had resettled in Dallas, he participated in this interview in May 2014. As a result of reestablishing contact with the Museum, he soon made a series of generous donations, gifting his entire collection of Kennedy-related and Jack Ruby trial photographic negatives to the Museum. Since this 2014 oral history, Eamon has participated in a series of public and educational programs. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In 2020, Eamon Kennedy was the subject of an award-winning radio documentary, "The Grief of a Nation," which focused on his iconic image of young Kathey Atkinson in tearful prayer at Parkland Memorial Hospital (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/3454). Produced by and aired on RTE Radio 1 in Ireland, the audio documentary included excerpts from the Museum's oral history with the late Kathey Atkinson. The full forty-four-minute program may be heard here: Documentary On One - capturing the grief of a nation (rte.ie). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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Image of crowd outside Parkland Hospital the afternoon of the assassination
11/22/1963
Negative Strip 12 from the Dallas Times Herald Collection
11/22/1963
Image of car used to carry Lyndon Johnson from Parkland to Love Field
11/22/1963
Image of an unidentified woman outside of Parkland Hospital
11/22/1963
