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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Karen Whyte Oral History

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Karen Whyte Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Karen Whyte. A native of British Columbia, Whyte was seven years old and home sick from school on the day of the assassination. Fulfilling a lifelong goal, she visited Dealey Plaza for the first time in 2018. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 13, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-four minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Karen Whyte Oral History

Date:

07/13/2018

Terms:

Oral histories

Childhood

Dealey Plaza

Dallas

British Columbia

Childhood Recollections (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 24 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0077

Curatorial Note:

According to Ms. Whyte, she "waited fifty-five years to come to Dallas from British Columbia to commemorate President John F. Kennedy" and achieved her goal on July 10, 2018. The following day, she contacted the Museum to volunteer for the Oral History Project and recorded this interview just a few hours before catching her return flight to British Columbia. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Karen Whyte Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Karen Whyte. A native of British Columbia, Whyte was seven years old and home sick from school on the day of the assassination. Fulfilling a lifelong goal, she visited Dealey Plaza for the first time in 2018. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 13, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-four minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Karen Whyte Oral History

Date:

07/13/2018

Terms:

Oral histories

Childhood

Dealey Plaza

Dallas

British Columbia

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 24 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0077

Curatorial Note:

According to Ms. Whyte, she "waited fifty-five years to come to Dallas from British Columbia to commemorate President John F. Kennedy" and achieved her goal on July 10, 2018. The following day, she contacted the Museum to volunteer for the Oral History Project and recorded this interview just a few hours before catching her return flight to British Columbia. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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