/internal/media/dispatcher/75308/fullLonny Smith Oral History07/07/2003Duration: 25 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2003.001.00200Videotaped oral history interview with Lonny Smith. A Kennedy volunteer during the 1960 presidential campaign, Smith was working for a conservative businessman in Dallas at the time of the assassination. In January 1964, he visited and photographed the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 7, 2003 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.Oral Histories6317124664Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Lonny Smith. A Kennedy volunteer during the 1960 presidential campaign, Smith was working for a conservative businessman in Dallas at the time of the assassination. In January 1964, he visited and photographed the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 7, 2003 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.DallasOral historiesKennedy campaignPhotographerConservatives1960 presidential electionElectionsCampaignPresidential campaignKennedy supporterSmith, LonnyKennedy, John F.Arlington National CemeteryWashington, D.C.1960 Campaign (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Kennedy Funeral (OHC)Lonny Smith passed away on August 5, 2018. In 2003-2004, he donated to the Museum several magazines as well as nineteen photographs, including images he took of President Kennedy's gravesite in January 1964. One of his photos may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/25206. - Stephen Fagin, Curator