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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Michael Coston Oral History

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Michael Coston Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Michael Coston. Coston was a student at Jesuit High School in Dallas in 1963. His late mother volunteered at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon while his older brother, the late Dallas Morning News photographer Fred Coston, heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza and went to Parkland Memorial Hospital. Michael Coston vividly remembers seeing a copy of the Zapruder film, obtained by his brother, on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 14, 2020 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty minutes long.

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Object title:

Michael Coston Oral History

Date:

02/14/2020

Terms:

Oral histories

Zapruder film

Student

Trade Mart luncheon

Photographer

Childhood

Memories

Dealey Plaza

Eyewitnesses

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Trade Mart

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Abraham Zapruder Film (OHC)

Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 40 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2020.001.0012

Curatorial Note:

In addition to Michael Coston, the Museum has interviewed several other students from Jesuit High School in Dallas over the years, including Art Brender (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73535), Miles Goodwin, Darwin Hutchison, Patrick Lindley, Greg McCone, Jerry Ryan and Wes Stewart. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Michael Coston Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Michael Coston. Coston was a student at Jesuit High School in Dallas in 1963. His late mother volunteered at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon while his older brother, the late Dallas Morning News photographer Fred Coston, heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza and went to Parkland Memorial Hospital. Michael Coston vividly remembers seeing a copy of the Zapruder film, obtained by his brother, on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 14, 2020 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Michael Coston Oral History

Date:

02/14/2020

Terms:

Oral histories

Zapruder film

Student

Trade Mart luncheon

Photographer

Childhood

Memories

Dealey Plaza

Eyewitnesses

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Trade Mart

Parkland Hospital

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Abraham Zapruder Film (OHC)

Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 40 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2020.001.0012

Curatorial Note:

In addition to Michael Coston, the Museum has interviewed several other students from Jesuit High School in Dallas over the years, including Art Brender (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73535), Miles Goodwin, Darwin Hutchison, Patrick Lindley, Greg McCone, Jerry Ryan and Wes Stewart. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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