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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Frank B. Johnston Oral History

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Frank B. Johnston Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Frank B. Johnston. A photographer with The Washington Post for 35 years, Johnston was working for the Austin bureau of the wire service United Press International in 1963. In the basement of Dallas police headquarters, he captured an image of Lee Harvey Oswald approximately one second before he was fatally shot by Jack Ruby. In 1964, Johnston testified at Ruby's trial and also covered the event as a UPI photographer.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 15, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.

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Object title:

Frank B. Johnston Oral History

Date:

08/15/2009

Terms:

Photographer

Jack Ruby trial

Oral histories

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Ruby, Jack

Johnston, Frank B.

The Washington Post

United Press International (UPI)

The Washington Post, Times Herald

Austin

Dallas

News Media (OHC)
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Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

59 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0060

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Frank B. Johnston Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Frank B. Johnston. A photographer with The Washington Post for 35 years, Johnston was working for the Austin bureau of the wire service United Press International in 1963. In the basement of Dallas police headquarters, he captured an image of Lee Harvey Oswald approximately one second before he was fatally shot by Jack Ruby. In 1964, Johnston testified at Ruby's trial and also covered the event as a UPI photographer.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 15, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Frank B. Johnston Oral History

Date:

08/15/2009

Terms:

Photographer

Jack Ruby trial

Oral histories

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Ruby, Jack

Johnston, Frank B.

The Washington Post

United Press International (UPI)

The Washington Post, Times Herald

Austin

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

59 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0060

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