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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Ben Molina Oral History

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Ben Molina Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Ben Molina. A longtime employee of Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV, Molina was the station's stage manager in 1963 and was assigned to Dallas police headquarters following the Kennedy assassination. On Sunday, November 24, he was standing outside the entrance to the police basement with CBS News correspondent Nelson Benton when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 30, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

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Object title:

Ben Molina Oral History

Date:

06/30/2005

Terms:

Press

Oral histories

Benton, Nelson

Molina, Ben

KRLD-TV

CBS News

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Law Enforcement (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 57 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.001.0017

Curatorial Note:

Ben Molina passed away on January 6, 2019. He can be seen wearing a headset in a hallway of Dallas police headquarters in this Dallas Times Herald photograph: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/4027. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Ben Molina Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Ben Molina. A longtime employee of Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV, Molina was the station's stage manager in 1963 and was assigned to Dallas police headquarters following the Kennedy assassination. On Sunday, November 24, he was standing outside the entrance to the police basement with CBS News correspondent Nelson Benton when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 30, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Ben Molina Oral History

Date:

06/30/2005

Terms:

Press

Oral histories

Benton, Nelson

Molina, Ben

KRLD-TV

CBS News

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Law Enforcement (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 57 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2005.001.0017

Curatorial Note:

Ben Molina passed away on January 6, 2019. He can be seen wearing a headset in a hallway of Dallas police headquarters in this Dallas Times Herald photograph: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/4027. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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