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Gretchen Coben Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Gretchen Coben. A Dallas social worker in 1963, Coben observed the Kennedy motorcade and witnessed part of the assassination from the second-floor balcony of the Old Red Courthouse in Dealey Plaza. She and a co-worker ran towards the Texas School Book Depository in the immediate aftermath. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Junio 15, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.

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Gretchen Coben Oral History

Date:

06/15/2007

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Nacido digital (archivo .m2ts)

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Duración: 68 minutos

Línea de crédito:

Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza

Número de objeto:

2007.001.0057

Nota curatorial:

Following this 2007 oral history, Ms. Coben returned to the Museum sixteen years later for a follow-up interview in 2023. She also participated in a Living History public program in 2024 which may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Gretchen Coben (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator

The second-floor balcony of the Old Red Courthouse, where Gretchen Coben was standing at the time of the assassination, may be seen in this photograph taken by eyewitness Phil Willis: Phil Willis Slide #3 (Willis 1) – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). Another image showing the balcony prior to the assassination was taken by photographer Jay Skaggs and may be viewed here: Image of Main Street taken Noviembre 22, 1963 – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). The Museum recorded an oral history with another spectator standing on that balcony, the late Tom Turner, in 2007: Tom Turner Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org)). - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Gretchen Coben Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Gretchen Coben. A Dallas social worker in 1963, Coben observed the Kennedy motorcade and witnessed part of the assassination from the second-floor balcony of the Old Red Courthouse in Dealey Plaza. She and a co-worker ran towards the Texas School Book Depository in the immediate aftermath. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Junio 15, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.

Detalles del objeto
Título del objeto:

Gretchen Coben Oral History

Date:

06/15/2007

Condiciones:

Comitiva

Limusina

Testigos

Motos

Derechos civiles

Segregación

Integración

Calle Mayor

Plaza Dealey

Asesinato

Relatos orales

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Turner, Tom

Coben, Gretchen

Antiguo Tribunal Rojo

Espectadores de la comitiva (OHC)

Derechos civiles y activismo social (OHC)

Historia y Cultura de Dallas y los años 60 (OHC)

Testigos de la Plaza Dealey (OHC)

Medio:

Nacido digital (archivo .m2ts)

Dimensiones:

Duración: 68 minutos

Línea de crédito:

Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza

Número de objeto:

2007.001.0057

Nota curatorial:

Following this 2007 oral history, Ms. Coben returned to the Museum sixteen years later for a follow-up interview in 2023. She also participated in a Living History public program in 2024 which may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Gretchen Coben (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator

The second-floor balcony of the Old Red Courthouse, where Gretchen Coben was standing at the time of the assassination, may be seen in this photograph taken by eyewitness Phil Willis: Phil Willis Slide #3 (Willis 1) – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). Another image showing the balcony prior to the assassination was taken by photographer Jay Skaggs and may be viewed here: Image of Main Street taken Noviembre 22, 1963 – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). The Museum recorded an oral history with another spectator standing on that balcony, the late Tom Turner, in 2007: Tom Turner Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org)). - Stephen Fagin, Curator