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Darwin Hutchison Oral History

Object number2008.001.0047
Date06/18/2008
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Darwin Hutchison
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 38 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Darwin Hutchison. A lifelong Dallasite, Hutchison observed the presidential motorcade on Main Street on November 22, 1963. Previously, on September 13, 1960, he marched with the Jesuit High School band in a downtown Dallas parade during Senator John F. Kennedy's campaign visit to the city. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 18, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-eight minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
In addition to Darwin Hutchison, the Museum also recorded an oral history with Betty Barton, a member of the Kilgore College Rangerettes drill team, who also marched in the Dallas parade for Senator John F. Kennedy on September 13,1960. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
A series of color photographs of Senator John F. Kennedy's visit to Dallas on September 13, 1960 may be found here: Search "September 13, 1960" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). A similar series - taken by the same photographer, local resident Anita Hansen - from the day before, September 12, 1960, showing Vice President Richard Nixon's visit to Dallas may be found here: Search "September 12, 1960" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). - Stephen Fagin, Curator