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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Nancy Myers Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Nancy Myers. Performing under the stage name "Tammi True," Myers was a headlining stripper at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club at the time of the assassination.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 6, 2010 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one-hour and twenty-two minutes long.

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Object title:

Nancy Myers Oral History

Date:

05/06/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Night clubs

True, Tammi

Ruby, Jack

Myers, Nancy

Carousel Club

Dallas

Jack Ruby (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

82 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0038

Curatorial Note:

The Museum's Joe Hathaway Collection includes several color photographs of Nancy Myers performing on stage at the Carousel Club. As Myers explained in this oral history, her stage name "Tammi True" was inspired by the title of the 1961 film, Tammy Tell Me True. This film, starring actress Sandra Dee in the title role, was the second installment of the popular Tammy film series (1957-67) from Univeral Pictures about a young Mississippi girl and her adventures in romance. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

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Nancy Myers Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Nancy Myers. Performing under the stage name "Tammi True," Myers was a headlining stripper at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club at the time of the assassination.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 6, 2010 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one-hour and twenty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Nancy Myers Oral History

Date:

05/06/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Night clubs

True, Tammi

Ruby, Jack

Myers, Nancy

Carousel Club

Dallas

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

82 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0038

Curatorial Note:

The Museum's Joe Hathaway Collection includes several color photographs of Nancy Myers performing on stage at the Carousel Club. As Myers explained in this oral history, her stage name "Tammi True" was inspired by the title of the 1961 film, Tammy Tell Me True. This film, starring actress Sandra Dee in the title role, was the second installment of the popular Tammy film series (1957-67) from Univeral Pictures about a young Mississippi girl and her adventures in romance. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

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