Tom Dillard Oral History
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Tom Dillard Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Tom Dillard. Chief photographer for The Dallas Morning News in 1963, Dillard was riding in a press car in the Dallas motorcade. He captured a famous photograph showing the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository within seconds of the shooting and went on to photograph the scene at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Dillard later covered the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Interview conducted at Mr. Dillard's home on July 19, 1993, by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and fifty-nine minutes long.
Tom Dillard Oral History
07/19/1993
Hi-8 videotape
120 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1993.011.0013
Mr. Dillard passed away on May 21, 2002. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The Museum acquired Mr. Dillard's photographs related to the Kennedy assassination in 1994. The entire collection can now be viewed online here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/collections/69/tom-dillard-collection - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Tom Dillard Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Tom Dillard. Chief photographer for The Dallas Morning News in 1963, Dillard was riding in a press car in the Dallas motorcade. He captured a famous photograph showing the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository within seconds of the shooting and went on to photograph the scene at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Dillard later covered the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Interview conducted at Mr. Dillard's home on July 19, 1993, by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and fifty-nine minutes long.
Tom Dillard Oral History
07/19/1993
Photographer
Oral histories
Interviews
Press
Motorcade
Jack Ruby trial
Dillard, Tom C.
Parkland Hospital
The Dallas Morning News
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)
Love Field Airport (OHC)
Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
News Media (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
120 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1993.011.0013
Mr. Dillard passed away on May 21, 2002. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The Museum acquired Mr. Dillard's photographs related to the Kennedy assassination in 1994. The entire collection can now be viewed online here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/collections/69/tom-dillard-collection - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
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Photo of the Texas School Book Depository shortly after shots were fired
11/22/1963
