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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Bill Cannon Oral History

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Bill Cannon Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Bill Cannon. As a Dallas County deputy sheriff from 1954 to 1956, Cannon was acquainted with Jack Ruby. He later visited Ruby in jail in 1965 and made detailed notes of the experience. Cannon was in Houston, Texas at the time of the assassination. After retiring, he wrote a series of books on Texas history and trivia. Interview recorded at Christian Care Center in Mesquite, Texas on August 29, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and four minutes long.

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Object title:

Bill Cannon Oral History

Date:

08/29/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Ruby, Jack

Decker, Bill

Dallas County Sheriff's Department

Dallas

Houston

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 64 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0107

Curatorial Note:

Bill R. Cannon, who previously recorded an interview with the Museum in 2003, passed away on January 12, 2021. The Museum has two of his books, A Treasury of Texas Trivia (1997) and A Treasury of Texas Trivia II (2000), in our Library Collection: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Bill Cannon Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Bill Cannon. As a Dallas County deputy sheriff from 1954 to 1956, Cannon was acquainted with Jack Ruby. He later visited Ruby in jail in 1965 and made detailed notes of the experience. Cannon was in Houston, Texas at the time of the assassination. After retiring, he wrote a series of books on Texas history and trivia. Interview recorded at Christian Care Center in Mesquite, Texas on August 29, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and four minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Bill Cannon Oral History

Date:

08/29/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Ruby, Jack

Decker, Bill

Dallas County Sheriff's Department

Dallas

Houston

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 64 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0107

Curatorial Note:

Bill R. Cannon, who previously recorded an interview with the Museum in 2003, passed away on January 12, 2021. The Museum has two of his books, A Treasury of Texas Trivia (1997) and A Treasury of Texas Trivia II (2000), in our Library Collection: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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