Charles L. Brown Oral History
Object number2007.001.0012
Date03/01/2007
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Charles L. Brown
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 47 Minutes
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Charles L. Brown. An employee of the Lone Star Gas Company in 1963, Brown photographed the Kennedy motorcade on Harwood Street. His uncle, the late Lynn Brown, was the mayor of Irving, Texas, at the time and traveled with Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell to Washington, D.C. to attend President Kennedy's funeral.
Interview conducted at Mr. Brown's home in Irving, Texas on March 1, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-seven minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryCharles L. Brown passed away on May 4, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The same day as this oral history interview with Charles L. Brown, I also recorded an interview with his wife, the late Jean Johnson Brown, and her mother, the late Ann Johnson. Mrs. Johnson, a waitress for Jetton's Catering in 1963, served at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast on the morning of the assassination. Ann Johnson passed away in 2012. Jean Johnson Brown passed away in 2017. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
02/20/1964 - 03/03/1964
