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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Walter Evans Oral History

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Walter Evans Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Walter Evans. The news editor at WFAA Radio in 1963, Evans was at the Dallas Trade Mart, Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963. Coincidentally, as a young man, he worked three summers for the Texas School Book Depository Company. Interview recorded at Mr. Evans' home on October 12, 1994 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is forty-six minutes long.

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Object title:

Walter Evans Oral History

Date:

10/12/1994

Terms:

Press

Oral histories

Radio

Evans, Walter

WFAA

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)

History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Love Field Airport (OHC)

News Media (OHC)
Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 46 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.007.0024

Curatorial Note:

Nineteen years after this 1994 oral history, Walter Evans recorded a second interview with the Museum in 2013. He passed away on July 24, 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Walter Evans Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Walter Evans. The news editor at WFAA Radio in 1963, Evans was at the Dallas Trade Mart, Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963. Coincidentally, as a young man, he worked three summers for the Texas School Book Depository Company. Interview recorded at Mr. Evans' home on October 12, 1994 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is forty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Walter Evans Oral History

Date:

10/12/1994

Terms:

Press

Oral histories

Radio

Evans, Walter

WFAA

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)

History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Love Field Airport (OHC)

News Media (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 46 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.007.0024

Curatorial Note:

Nineteen years after this 1994 oral history, Walter Evans recorded a second interview with the Museum in 2013. He passed away on July 24, 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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