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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Sharon Weber Oral History

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Sharon Weber Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Sharon Weber. Weber's mother worked at the Dallas Trade Mart in 1963 and got special permission for her children to observe the luncheon from the second floor balcony. After learning of the assassination, Weber went downstairs and saved a yellow rose from the head table. Interview conducted at Ms. Weber's home on March 19, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is sixteen minutes long.

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Object title:

Sharon Weber Oral History

Date:

03/19/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Trade Mart luncheon

Roses

Weber, Sharon

Dallas Trade Mart

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 16 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0018

Curatorial Note:

As shown and discussed during this interview, Sharon Weber saved and later framed a yellow rose that she took from the head table at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963. At the time of this oral history in 2010, she donated the rose to the Museum. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Sharon Weber Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Sharon Weber. Weber's mother worked at the Dallas Trade Mart in 1963 and got special permission for her children to observe the luncheon from the second floor balcony. After learning of the assassination, Weber went downstairs and saved a yellow rose from the head table. Interview conducted at Ms. Weber's home on March 19, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is sixteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Sharon Weber Oral History

Date:

03/19/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Trade Mart luncheon

Roses

Weber, Sharon

Dallas Trade Mart

Dallas

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 16 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0018

Curatorial Note:

As shown and discussed during this interview, Sharon Weber saved and later framed a yellow rose that she took from the head table at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963. At the time of this oral history in 2010, she donated the rose to the Museum. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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