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Jim Walker Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Walker. A mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza, Walker photographed the presidential motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Streets. On the afternoon of the assassination, he photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Walker donated his photographs to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2006. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 6, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-five minutes.

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Jim Walker Oral History

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06/06/2006

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Hi-8 videotape

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Duration: 45 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0032

Curatorial Note:

Jim Walker passed away on October 31, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Jim Walker's black and white photographs from November 22, 1963 may be found here in the Museum's online collections database: Results – Advanced Search Objects – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). Following this 2006 interview, Mr. Walker returned to the Museum ten years later for a second oral history in 2016. He also participated in two Living History educational programs, including this program in 2016: Living History with Jim Walker (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Jim Walker Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Walker. A mail sorter at the Terminal Annex building in Dealey Plaza, Walker photographed the presidential motorcade from the corner of Main and Market Streets. On the afternoon of the assassination, he photographed the scene at Dealey Plaza and the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Walker donated his photographs to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2006. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 6, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-five minutes.

Object Details
Object title:

Jim Walker Oral History

Date:

06/06/2006

Terms:

Motorcade

Limousine

Witnesses

Motorcycles

Dealey Plaza

Main Street

Oak Cliff

Assassination

Oral histories

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Postal, Julia

Walker, Jim

Texas Theatre

Texas School Book Depository

U.S. Postal Service

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 45 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0032

Curatorial Note:

Jim Walker passed away on October 31, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Jim Walker's black and white photographs from November 22, 1963 may be found here in the Museum's online collections database: Results – Advanced Search Objects – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). Following this 2006 interview, Mr. Walker returned to the Museum ten years later for a second oral history in 2016. He also participated in two Living History educational programs, including this program in 2016: Living History with Jim Walker (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator