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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William Allen Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with William Allen. A United Press International photographer on the staff of the Dallas Times Herald in 1963, Allen photographed President Kennedy at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth and took a number of images in Dealey Plaza and on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository following the assassination. His photographs of the infamous "three tramps" arrested in Dealey Plaza have generated significant research interest over the years. In 1964, Allen covered the Jack Ruby trial.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 17, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes long.

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Object title:

William Allen Oral History

Date:

11/17/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Dealey Plaza

Jack Ruby trial

Photographer

Photographs

Fort Worth

Fort Worth breakfast

The three tramps

Suspects

United Press International (UPI)

Dallas Times Herald

Hotel Texas

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Fort Worth (OHC)

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

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Rail Yards in Dealey Plaza (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 92 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0137

Curatorial Note:

The day after this oral history was recorded, Mr. Allen joined three of his former Dallas Times Herald colleagues for a Museum panel discussion. This program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Dallas Times Herald 1963 - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Negative strip 24 from the Museum's Dallas Times Herald Collection includes William Allen's significant photographs of the so-called "three tramps" in Dealey Plaza as well as views of the Texas School Book Depository and bystander Larry Florer, who was briefly in police custody following the shooting. The full negative strip may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/4020. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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William Allen Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with William Allen. A United Press International photographer on the staff of the Dallas Times Herald in 1963, Allen photographed President Kennedy at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth and took a number of images in Dealey Plaza and on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository following the assassination. His photographs of the infamous "three tramps" arrested in Dealey Plaza have generated significant research interest over the years. In 1964, Allen covered the Jack Ruby trial.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 17, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

William Allen Oral History

Date:

11/17/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Dealey Plaza

Jack Ruby trial

Photographer

Photographs

Fort Worth

Fort Worth breakfast

The three tramps

Suspects

United Press International (UPI)

Dallas Times Herald

Hotel Texas

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Fort Worth (OHC)

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

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Rail Yards in Dealey Plaza (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 92 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0137

Curatorial Note:

The day after this oral history was recorded, Mr. Allen joined three of his former Dallas Times Herald colleagues for a Museum panel discussion. This program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Dallas Times Herald 1963 - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Negative strip 24 from the Museum's Dallas Times Herald Collection includes William Allen's significant photographs of the so-called "three tramps" in Dealey Plaza as well as views of the Texas School Book Depository and bystander Larry Florer, who was briefly in police custody following the shooting. The full negative strip may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/4020. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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