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Phill Brown and Les French Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Phill Brown and Les French. Teenagers in 1963, Brown and French observed the Kennedy motorcade on Houston Street and ran toward the Triple Underpass in Dealey Plaza immediately after the assassination. Brown lingered at the scene for hours while French returned to school. Brown's late father, Dallas County deputy sheriff Richard Brown, was later Jack Ruby's dietician during his incarceration. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 5, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fourteen minutes long.
Phill Brown and Les French Oral History
11/05/2008
Motorcade
Limousine
Witnesses
Motorcycles
Dealey Plaza
Assassination
Student
Houston Street
Triple underpass
Oral histories
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Ruby, Jack
Decker, Bill
Brown, Phill
French, Les
Dallas County Jail
Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Childhood Recollections (OHC)
Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Law Enforcement (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 74 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2008.001.0085
Phill Brown passed away on December 28, 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Phill Brown and Les French Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Phill Brown and Les French. Teenagers in 1963, Brown and French observed the Kennedy motorcade on Houston Street and ran toward the Triple Underpass in Dealey Plaza immediately after the assassination. Brown lingered at the scene for hours while French returned to school. Brown's late father, Dallas County deputy sheriff Richard Brown, was later Jack Ruby's dietician during his incarceration. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 5, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fourteen minutes long.
Phill Brown and Les French Oral History
11/05/2008
Motorcade
Limousine
Witnesses
Motorcycles
Dealey Plaza
Assassination
Student
Houston Street
Triple underpass
Oral histories
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Ruby, Jack
Decker, Bill
Brown, Phill
French, Les
Dallas County Jail
Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Childhood Recollections (OHC)
Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
Law Enforcement (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 74 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2008.001.0085
Phill Brown passed away on December 28, 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Curator