Charles Fisher and Ken Hansen Oral History
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Charles Fisher and Ken Hansen Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Charles Fisher and Ken Hansen. Fisher was art director at CBS affiliate KRLD-TV in 1963, and Hansen worked in the art department under Fisher at the time. Both men processed film for a variety of international media outlets during the weekend of the assassination. In 1964, both men were sketch artists during the Jack Ruby trial. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 8, 2004 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and one minute long.
Charles Fisher and Ken Hansen Oral History
04/08/2004
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 61 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2004.001.0016
Ken Hansen passed away on December 31, 2010. Charles Fisher passed away on June 19, 2017. Between 1997 and 2004, Fisher donated to the Museum twenty-six pencil sketches that he made during the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. All of these sketches, including the ones shown and discussed during this interview, may be accessed here: Results – Advanced Search Objects – eMuseum (jfk.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Charles Fisher and Ken Hansen Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Charles Fisher and Ken Hansen. Fisher was art director at CBS affiliate KRLD-TV in 1963, and Hansen worked in the art department under Fisher at the time. Both men processed film for a variety of international media outlets during the weekend of the assassination. In 1964, both men were sketch artists during the Jack Ruby trial. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 8, 2004 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and one minute long.
Charles Fisher and Ken Hansen Oral History
04/08/2004
Artist
Sketches
Jack Ruby trial
Oral histories
Fisher, Charles
Hansen, Kenneth
KRLD-TV
Dallas
Artists (OHC)
Jack Ruby (OHC)
News Media (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
Duration: 61 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2004.001.0016
Ken Hansen passed away on December 31, 2010. Charles Fisher passed away on June 19, 2017. Between 1997 and 2004, Fisher donated to the Museum twenty-six pencil sketches that he made during the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. All of these sketches, including the ones shown and discussed during this interview, may be accessed here: Results – Advanced Search Objects – eMuseum (jfk.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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