Dale Clark Oral History
Object number2011.001.0004
Date01/20/2011
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Dale Clark
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 17 Minutes
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dale Clark. Five years old in 1963, Clark and his family observed the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 20, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is seventeen minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryDale Clark had celebrated his fifth birthday on November 15, 1963, just a few days prior to the Kennedy assassination. According to Dale, his late father, a mechanic for Braniff International Airways, chose for his family of six to watch the Kennedy motorcade from the parking lot of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company plant on Lemmon Avenue. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
