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"Remembering Officer J.D. Tippit" Program
"Remembering Officer J.D. Tippit" Program

"Remembering Officer J.D. Tippit" Program

Object number2014.001.0122
Date09/18/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Marie Tippit
Oral history interview subject Brenda Tippit
Oral history interview subject Curtis Tippit
Oral history interviewer Hugh Aynesworth
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.mov file), Born digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 44 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped public program entitled "Remembering Officer J.D. Tippit" with widow Marie Tippit and children Curtis and Brenda Tippit. The program, moderated by journalist and author Hugh Aynesworth, commemorated what would have been J.D. Tippit's 90th birthday and featured family recollections, photographs and rare home movies of the Tippits. The program includes introductions by Dallas Police Chief David Brown and Museum Curator Gary Mack. Public program recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 18, 2014. The program is forty-four minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

Marie Tippit passed away on March 2, 2021 at the age of 92.

This public program sadly marked the last Museum program appearance of Curator Gary Mack prior to his passing on July 15, 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator