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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Walter Durham Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Walter Durham. A lifelong Republican who met nine U.S. presidents, Durham briefly spoke to Senator John F. Kennedy in Fort Worth during the 1960 campaign. He later observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at Atria Canyon Creek retirement home in Plano, Texas on September 5, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is sixteen minutes long.

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Object title:

Walter Durham Oral History

Date:

09/05/2018

Terms:

Dallas

Oral histories

Republicans

U.S. presidents

Motorcade

Main Street

1960 presidential election

Elections

Campaign

Presidential campaign

Kennedy supporter

Kennedy, John F.

Nixon, Richard M.

Reagan, Ronald

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

1960 Campaign (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 16 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0104

Curatorial Note:

Walter Durham passed away on February 10, 2021. He was one of four people who recorded interviews during an oral history outreach visit to Atria Canyon Creek retirement home in Plano, Texas on September 5, 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Walter Durham Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Walter Durham. A lifelong Republican who met nine U.S. presidents, Durham briefly spoke to Senator John F. Kennedy in Fort Worth during the 1960 campaign. He later observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at Atria Canyon Creek retirement home in Plano, Texas on September 5, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is sixteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Walter Durham Oral History

Date:

09/05/2018

Terms:

Dallas

Oral histories

Republicans

U.S. presidents

Motorcade

Main Street

1960 presidential election

Elections

Campaign

Presidential campaign

Kennedy supporter

Kennedy, John F.

Nixon, Richard M.

Reagan, Ronald

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

1960 Campaign (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 16 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0104

Curatorial Note:

Walter Durham passed away on February 10, 2021. He was one of four people who recorded interviews during an oral history outreach visit to Atria Canyon Creek retirement home in Plano, Texas on September 5, 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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