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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George Landis Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with George Landis. A Dallas fifth grader, Landis observed and took a photograph of the Kennedy motorcade on Harwood Street on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 1, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-nine minutes long.

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Object title:

George Landis Oral History

Date:

05/01/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Motorcade

Student

Photographs

Harwood Street

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 39 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0050

Curatorial Note:

Before retiring in 2019, George Landis had a long career in the Dallas arts community. Marketing director for the Dallas Opera from 1996 to 2005, he then served as executive director of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra for eight years. At the time of this 2014 oral history, he was the general manager of WRR Classical 101.1 FM, the first licensed broadcast radio station in Texas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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George Landis Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with George Landis. A Dallas fifth grader, Landis observed and took a photograph of the Kennedy motorcade on Harwood Street on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 1, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-nine minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

George Landis Oral History

Date:

05/01/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Motorcade

Student

Photographs

Harwood Street

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 39 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0050

Curatorial Note:

Before retiring in 2019, George Landis had a long career in the Dallas arts community. Marketing director for the Dallas Opera from 1996 to 2005, he then served as executive director of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra for eight years. At the time of this 2014 oral history, he was the general manager of WRR Classical 101.1 FM, the first licensed broadcast radio station in Texas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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