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Phill Brown and Les French Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Phill Brown and Les French. Teenagers in 1963, Brown and French observed the Kennedy motorcade on Houston Street and ran toward the Triple Underpass in Dealey Plaza immediately after the assassination. Brown lingered at the scene for hours while French returned to school. Brown's late father, Dallas County deputy sheriff Richard Brown, was later Jack Ruby's dietician during his incarceration. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 5, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fourteen minutes long.

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Phill Brown and Les French Oral History

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11/05/2008

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Born digital (.m2ts file)

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Duration: 74 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

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2008.001.0085

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Phill Brown passed away on December 28, 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Phill Brown and Les French Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Phill Brown and Les French. Teenagers in 1963, Brown and French observed the Kennedy motorcade on Houston Street and ran toward the Triple Underpass in Dealey Plaza immediately after the assassination. Brown lingered at the scene for hours while French returned to school. Brown's late father, Dallas County deputy sheriff Richard Brown, was later Jack Ruby's dietician during his incarceration. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 5, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fourteen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Phill Brown and Les French Oral History

Date:

11/05/2008

Terms:

Motorcade

Limousine

Witnesses

Motorcycles

Dealey Plaza

Assassination

Student

Houston Street

Triple underpass

Oral histories

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Ruby, Jack

Decker, Bill

Brown, Phill

French, Les

Dallas County Jail

Dallas County Sheriff's Department

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 74 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0085

Curatorial Note:

Phill Brown passed away on December 28, 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Curator