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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Peggie Mazziotta Oral History

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Peggie Mazziotta Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Peggie Mazziotta. The city's first female photojournalist, Mazziotta worked at both The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald in the 1950s and 1960s. Her late husband, John Mazziotta, was the Herald's chief photographer at the time of the Kennedy assassination.Interview conducted at Ms. Mazziotta's home on May 14, 2009 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator, and C. Dealey Campbell of the Dallas Historical Society. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.

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Object title:

Peggie Mazziotta Oral History

Date:

05/14/2009

Terms:

Photographer

Press

Oral histories

Mazziotta, Peggie

Dallas Times Herald

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas

News Media (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

55 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0032

Curatorial Note:

Ms. Mazziotta passed away on April 25, 2011. Her daughter, Jan Howes, recorded an oral history with the Museum about her parents on April 14, 2010. Several photographs taken by John Mazziotta on the day of the Kennedy assassination are in the Museum's Dallas Times Herald Collection. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

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Peggie Mazziotta Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Peggie Mazziotta. The city's first female photojournalist, Mazziotta worked at both The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald in the 1950s and 1960s. Her late husband, John Mazziotta, was the Herald's chief photographer at the time of the Kennedy assassination.Interview conducted at Ms. Mazziotta's home on May 14, 2009 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator, and C. Dealey Campbell of the Dallas Historical Society. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Peggie Mazziotta Oral History

Date:

05/14/2009

Terms:

Photographer

Press

Oral histories

Mazziotta, Peggie

Dallas Times Herald

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

55 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2009.001.0032

Curatorial Note:

Ms. Mazziotta passed away on April 25, 2011. Her daughter, Jan Howes, recorded an oral history with the Museum about her parents on April 14, 2010. Several photographs taken by John Mazziotta on the day of the Kennedy assassination are in the Museum's Dallas Times Herald Collection. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

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