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Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez. Thirteen years old in 1963, Rodriguez observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Several minutes later, after walking to Dealey Plaza, she observed three suspicious individuals in the area surrounding the grassy knoll and rail yards and felt that they may have been involved in the assassination.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 7, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifty-five minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez Oral History

Date:

01/07/2010

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 55 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0001

Curatorial Note:

A surprising number of Kennedy motorcade spectators on Main Street recall hearing shots or echoes of shots fired in Dealey Plaza. While some may have actually heard a motorcycle backfire amidst the crowd noise and associated it with gunfire after learning about the shooting, those standing at or near the intersection of Main and Houston Streets very likely heard at least part of the assassination as the sounds reverberated off of nearby buildings. In addition to Ms. Rodriguez, the Museum has interviewed a number of Main Street ear-witnesses, including Katherine Adams, Joe Bagley, Ronald Duckworth, Peggy Hill, Ed Kadleck, Frances Moffeit, Lemma Tole, John Seeligson, Jenny Taylor, William Kim Wade and Bill Wiseman. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez. Thirteen years old in 1963, Rodriguez observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Several minutes later, after walking to Dealey Plaza, she observed three suspicious individuals in the area surrounding the grassy knoll and rail yards and felt that they may have been involved in the assassination.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 7, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifty-five minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez Oral History

Date:

01/07/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Eyewitnesses

Dealey Plaza

Railroad switching tower

Motorcade

Main Street

Grassy knoll

Assassination

Rodriguez, Victoria Wahlstrom

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 55 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0001

Curatorial Note:

A surprising number of Kennedy motorcade spectators on Main Street recall hearing shots or echoes of shots fired in Dealey Plaza. While some may have actually heard a motorcycle backfire amidst the crowd noise and associated it with gunfire after learning about the shooting, those standing at or near the intersection of Main and Houston Streets very likely heard at least part of the assassination as the sounds reverberated off of nearby buildings. In addition to Ms. Rodriguez, the Museum has interviewed a number of Main Street ear-witnesses, including Katherine Adams, Joe Bagley, Ronald Duckworth, Peggy Hill, Ed Kadleck, Frances Moffeit, Lemma Tole, John Seeligson, Jenny Taylor, William Kim Wade and Bill Wiseman. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator