Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez Oral History
Object number2010.001.0001
Date01/07/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 115 Minutes
Collections
- Dallas Motorcade
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Victoria Wahlstrom Rodriguez. Thirteen years old in 1963, Rodriguez observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Several minutes later, after walking to Dealey Plaza, she observed three suspicious individuals in the area surrounding the grassy knoll and rail yards and felt that they may have been involved in the assassination.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 7, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifty-five minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryA surprising number of Kennedy motorcade spectators on Main Street recall hearing shots or echoes of shots fired in Dealey Plaza. While some may have actually heard a motorcycle backfire amidst the crowd noise and associated it with gunfire after learning about the shooting, those standing at or near the intersection of Main and Houston Streets very likely heard at least part of the assassination as the sounds reverberated off of nearby buildings. In addition to Ms. Rodriguez, the Museum has interviewed a number of Main Street ear-witnesses, including Katherine Adams, Joe Bagley, Ronald Duckworth, Peggy Hill, Ed Kadleck, Frances Moffeit, Lemma Tole, John Seeligson, Jenny Taylor, William Kim Wade and Bill Wiseman. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
