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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Jerry Kasten Living History Program

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Jerry Kasten Living History Program

Videotaped Living History public program with Jerry Kasten. Kasten was a social studies teacher at Bryan Adams High School in 1963. As a member of the volunteer Dallas Police Reserves, he spent the weekend of the Kennedy assassination at police headquarters. He was working crowd control on Commerce Street at the time of the Oswald shooting on November 24, 1963. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 19, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The program is fifty-three minutes long.

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Object title:

Jerry Kasten Living History Program

Date:

09/19/2015

Terms:

Oral histories

Commerce Street

Police

Dallas Police Department

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.mov file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 53 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2015.001.0130

Curatorial Note:

Jerry Kasten passed away on February 17, 2021. In addition to this 2015 Living History program, he recorded an oral history with the Museum on April 30, 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Jerry Kasten Living History Program

Videotaped Living History public program with Jerry Kasten. Kasten was a social studies teacher at Bryan Adams High School in 1963. As a member of the volunteer Dallas Police Reserves, he spent the weekend of the Kennedy assassination at police headquarters. He was working crowd control on Commerce Street at the time of the Oswald shooting on November 24, 1963. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 19, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The program is fifty-three minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jerry Kasten Living History Program

Date:

09/19/2015

Terms:

Oral histories

Commerce Street

Police

Dallas Police Department

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.mov file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 53 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2015.001.0130

Curatorial Note:

Jerry Kasten passed away on February 17, 2021. In addition to this 2015 Living History program, he recorded an oral history with the Museum on April 30, 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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