Brown W. Higginbotham Oral History

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Brown W. Higginbotham Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Brown W. Higginbotham. A truck driver with Central Motor Freight in Dallas, Higginbotham picked up a shipment of book boxes at the loading dock of the Texas School Book Depository building approximately twenty minutes after the assassination. He then picked up a shipment at the Dal-Tex building across the street in Dealey Plaza.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 19, 2007 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin and Curator Gary Mack. The interview is 23 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Brown W. Higginbotham Oral History

Date:

10/19/2007

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

23 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0086

Curatorial Note:

Mr. Higginbotham passed away on July 5, 2016. Central Freight Lines, founded in 1925, is one of the oldest continuously operating Texas motor carriers and the state's largest intrastate motor carrier. There is a full company history available in the online Handbook of Texas History: TSHA | Central Freight Lines (tshaonline.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Brown W. Higginbotham Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Brown W. Higginbotham. A truck driver with Central Motor Freight in Dallas, Higginbotham picked up a shipment of book boxes at the loading dock of the Texas School Book Depository building approximately twenty minutes after the assassination. He then picked up a shipment at the Dal-Tex building across the street in Dealey Plaza.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 19, 2007 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin and Curator Gary Mack. The interview is 23 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Brown W. Higginbotham Oral History

Date:

10/19/2007

Terms:

Assassination

Dealey Plaza

Oral histories

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Higginbotham, Brown W.

Texas School Book Depository

Dal-Tex Building

Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

23 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2007.001.0086

Curatorial Note:

Mr. Higginbotham passed away on July 5, 2016. Central Freight Lines, founded in 1925, is one of the oldest continuously operating Texas motor carriers and the state's largest intrastate motor carrier. There is a full company history available in the online Handbook of Texas History: TSHA | Central Freight Lines (tshaonline.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator