Frank Velasco Oral History
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Frank Velasco Oral History
Audio oral history interview with Frank Velasco. A member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Velasco briefly saw President and Mrs. Kennedy at the organization's annual conference at the Rice Hotel in Houston on November 21, 1963. Interview conducted via telephone on May 16, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifteen minutes long.
Frank Velasco Oral History
05/16/2013
Born digital (.wav file)
Duration: 15 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2013.001.0163
Roy Botello's 8mm home movie of the Kennedys at the Houston LULAC dinner received brief international attention when it was initially shared by San Antonio ABC affiliate KVUE in 2010 and donated the following year to The Sixth Floor Museum. In 2012, when Trey Velasco in Houston watched the full four-minute Botello film here in our online database, he recognized both his parents and grandparents in the crowd. According to Trey, his family is visible from timecode 3:27 to 3:35 in the film: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/32261. Trey's grandmother can be seen wearing a white fur coat, followed by the rest of the family. Excited by this discovery, Trey Velasco initially reached out to the Midland Reporter Telegram, which published this story by Audrie Palmer on November 20, 2012: Fort Stockton man remembers seeing JFK day before assassination (mrt.com). A few months later, Trey also reached out to our Museum, which led to us recording this telephone oral history with his father, Frank Velasco, Jr. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Frank Velasco Oral History
Audio oral history interview with Frank Velasco. A member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Velasco briefly saw President and Mrs. Kennedy at the organization's annual conference at the Rice Hotel in Houston on November 21, 1963. Interview conducted via telephone on May 16, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifteen minutes long.
Frank Velasco Oral History
05/16/2013
Oral histories
Trip to Texas
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Rice Hotel
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Dallas
Houston
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Born digital (.wav file)
Duration: 15 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2013.001.0163
Roy Botello's 8mm home movie of the Kennedys at the Houston LULAC dinner received brief international attention when it was initially shared by San Antonio ABC affiliate KVUE in 2010 and donated the following year to The Sixth Floor Museum. In 2012, when Trey Velasco in Houston watched the full four-minute Botello film here in our online database, he recognized both his parents and grandparents in the crowd. According to Trey, his family is visible from timecode 3:27 to 3:35 in the film: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/32261. Trey's grandmother can be seen wearing a white fur coat, followed by the rest of the family. Excited by this discovery, Trey Velasco initially reached out to the Midland Reporter Telegram, which published this story by Audrie Palmer on November 20, 2012: Fort Stockton man remembers seeing JFK day before assassination (mrt.com). A few months later, Trey also reached out to our Museum, which led to us recording this telephone oral history with his father, Frank Velasco, Jr. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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