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.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Gerald "Jerry" Hill Oral History

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Gerald "Jerry" Hill Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Gerald "Jerry" Hill. A Dallas Police officer in 1963, Hill was present during the search of the Texas School Book Depository and at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 31, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and twenty-four minutes long.

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Object title:

Gerald "Jerry" Hill Oral History

Date:

08/31/1993

Terms:

Oral histories

Oak Cliff

Arrest

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Hill, Gerald "Jerry"

Texas Theatre

Dallas Police Department

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)
Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 84 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1993.011.0016

Curatorial Note:

Following this 1993 oral history, he returned to the Museum on April 18, 2007, joining fellow police officer Paul Bentley and moderator Hugh Aynesworth for a public program entitled "Arresting Oswald." Gerald Hill passed away on August 8, 2011. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Gerald "Jerry" Hill Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Gerald "Jerry" Hill. A Dallas Police officer in 1963, Hill was present during the search of the Texas School Book Depository and at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 31, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and twenty-four minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Gerald "Jerry" Hill Oral History

Date:

08/31/1993

Terms:

Oral histories

Oak Cliff

Arrest

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Hill, Gerald "Jerry"

Texas Theatre

Dallas Police Department

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)Duration: 84 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1993.011.0016

Curatorial Note:

Following this 1993 oral history, he returned to the Museum on April 18, 2007, joining fellow police officer Paul Bentley and moderator Hugh Aynesworth for a public program entitled "Arresting Oswald." Gerald Hill passed away on August 8, 2011. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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