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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Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman Oral History

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Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman. A photographer for Fox Movietone News in 1963, Bleckman filmed the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Earlier that weekend, he filmed on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, at the Texas Theatre, and at other assassination-related sites in the Dallas area. In 1964, he covered the Jack Ruby trial.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 15, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman Oral History

Date:

08/15/2009

Terms:

Jack Ruby trial

Oral histories

Bleckman, Isadore "Izzy"

Fox Movietone News

Texas School Book Depository

Texas Theatre

Dallas

News Media (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

40 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0059

Curatorial Note:

Izzy Bleckman had a long career as a TV news photographer and he is probably best remembered for his work on the award-winning CBS series, On The Road with Charles Kuralt. The series aired from 1967 until the mid-'90s as the two traveled across America talking to "regular folks" and telling their interesting stories. - Gary Mack, Curator

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Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman. A photographer for Fox Movietone News in 1963, Bleckman filmed the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Earlier that weekend, he filmed on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, at the Texas Theatre, and at other assassination-related sites in the Dallas area. In 1964, he covered the Jack Ruby trial.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 15, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman Oral History

Date:

08/15/2009

Terms:

Jack Ruby trial

Oral histories

Bleckman, Isadore "Izzy"

Fox Movietone News

Texas School Book Depository

Texas Theatre

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

40 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0059

Curatorial Note:

Izzy Bleckman had a long career as a TV news photographer and he is probably best remembered for his work on the award-winning CBS series, On The Road with Charles Kuralt. The series aired from 1967 until the mid-'90s as the two traveled across America talking to "regular folks" and telling their interesting stories. - Gary Mack, Curator

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