{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"20483"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Charles Tessmer. A notable criminal defense lawyer in Dallas for more than fifty years, Tessmer was friends with Jack Ruby at the time of the Kennedy assassination. Following Ruby's arrest, Tessmer recalled being offered the opportunity to join Ruby's defense team, which he declined. \r\n\r\nInterview conducted at Mr. Tessmer's office on March 13, 2000 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and thirteen minutes long."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2000.020.0003"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Charles Tessmer -- A notable criminal lawyer in 1963, Mr. Tessmer was a friend of Jack Ruby's and turned down the opportunity to represent him at his trial."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Hi-8 videotape"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/73760/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"73760"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/73773/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Video","mediaId":"73773"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Charles Tessmer Oral History"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Oral Histories"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/73760/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["1.9050038100"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Oral histories","Jack Ruby trial","Attorney","Ruby, Jack","Tessmer, Charles","Dallas","Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)","Jack Ruby (OHC)"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Oral history"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"03/13/2000"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["6.3500000000"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Charles William Tessmer passed away on July 3, 2003. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"63516"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Duration: 73 Minutes"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["10.1600000000"]}}]}