{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"26253"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Elizabeth Blessing. One of the first women elected to the Dallas City Council, Blessing served on the council from 1961 to 1965. She attended the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963. Previously, she recalled attending a city council meeting at which Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry indicated that he could not effectively protect President Kennedy during his visit. \r\n\r\nInterview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 26, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2007.001.0006"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Elizabeth Blessing. One of the first women elected to the Dallas City Council, Blessing served on the council from 1961 to 1965. She attended the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963. Previously, she attended a council meeting at which Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry indicated that he could not effectively protect President Kennedy during his visit. \r\n\r\nInterview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 26, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes."},"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/75491/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Video","mediaId":"75491"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/75492/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"75492"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Elizabeth Blessing Oral History"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Oral Histories"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/75492/full"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Trade Mart luncheon","Women's rights","Oral histories","Curry, Jesse E.","Jonsson, J. Erik","Cabell, Earle","Halliday, Ebby","Blessing, Elizabeth","Dallas Police Department","Dallas Trade Mart","Dallas City Hall","Dallas Market Hall","Dallas City Council","Dallas","Community Leaders (OHC)","Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)","Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)","Law Enforcement (OHC)"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Oral history"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"01/26/2007"},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Arza Elizabeth Cupples Blessing passed away on June 10, 2013 at the age of 94. Blessing served on the Dallas City Council from 1961 to 1965 and, in 1965, became the first female candidate for mayor. Following her political career, Blessing was employed at Ebby Halliday Realtors in Dallas from 1966 to 1999. Her boss, the late Ebby Halliday, recorded an oral history in 2009: Ebby Halliday Oral History \u2013 Search ebby halliday (Objects) \u2013 Search \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"72005"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Duration: 92 Minutes"}}]}