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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Jack Davis Oral History

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Jack Davis Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jack Davis. A teenager in Oak Cliff, Davis was inside the Texas Theatre when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested on November 22, 1963. Davis recalled that Oswald briefly sat next to him before changing seats. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 6, 2002 by Gary Mack and Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jack Davis Oral History

Date:

08/06/2002

Terms:

Oral histories

Marrs, Jim

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Davis, Jack

Texas Theatre

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (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:

2002.001.0027

Curatorial Note:

Since Jack Davis recalled that Lee Harvey Oswald changed seats multiple times and sat next to various people in the largely empty movie theater, this has led some researchers to speculate that Oswald may have been trying to meet up with a contact following the assassination. As a result, Davis's eyewitness account has appeared or been referenced in several books and research publications over the years. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Jack Davis Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jack Davis. A teenager in Oak Cliff, Davis was inside the Texas Theatre when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested on November 22, 1963. Davis recalled that Oswald briefly sat next to him before changing seats. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 6, 2002 by Gary Mack and Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jack Davis Oral History

Date:

08/06/2002

Terms:

Oral histories

Marrs, Jim

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Davis, Jack

Texas Theatre

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (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:

2002.001.0027

Curatorial Note:

Since Jack Davis recalled that Lee Harvey Oswald changed seats multiple times and sat next to various people in the largely empty movie theater, this has led some researchers to speculate that Oswald may have been trying to meet up with a contact following the assassination. As a result, Davis's eyewitness account has appeared or been referenced in several books and research publications over the years. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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