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Kevin Hadacek Oral History
Kevin Hadacek Oral History

Kevin Hadacek Oral History

Object number2014.001.0048
Date04/20/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interviewer
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 11 Minutes
Collections
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Kevin Hadacek. Four years old in 1963, Hadacek was given a PT-109 toy by his mother on the day of the Kennedy assassination. It remains one of his earliest childhood memories. Interview conducted at Mr. Hadacek's home in Hutto, Texas on April 20, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is eleven minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
This interview was recorded in Hutto, Texas, approximately 175 miles south of Dallas, as part of a 2014 oral history road trip to Austin and San Antonio. Mr. Hadacek was one of six people interviewed between April 18-20, 2014. Others interviewed on that trip include authors Bill Minutaglio (Bill Minutaglio Oral History – Search Minutaglio (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza) and Steven L. Davis (Steven L. Davis Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza). - Stephen Fagin, Curator
The Museum's Collection includes several PT-109 commercial products popular in the early 1960s, including a comic book, record ("PT-109" by Jimmy Dean, 1962) and model ships. I talk about and show some of these artifacts during a 2016 gallery talk, "PT-109 and the 1960 Campaign," available here on the Museum's YouTube channel: Gallery Talk: PT-109 and the 1960 Campaign. - Stephen Fagin, Curator