/internal/media/dispatcher/73403/fullCharles Cravotta Oral History01/27/2014Duration: 30 MinutesBorn digital (.wav file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2014.001.01480Audio oral history interview with Charles Cravotta. Cravotta's family operated a first-floor showroom at the Dallas Trade Mart in 1963. As a result, five-year-old Charles was allowed to stand near the head table to await the president's arrival at the luncheon.
Interview conducted at [location] on January 27, 2014 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is [x hour and x minutes] long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories653120E-100E-1043297Oral history0E-10Audio oral history interview with Charles Cravotta. Cravotta's family operated a first-floor showroom at the Dallas Trade Mart in 1963. As a result, five-year-old Charles was allowed to stand near the head table to await President Kennedy's arrival at the scheduled luncheon.
Interview conducted via telephone on January 27, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.Oral historiesStudentTrade Mart luncheonDallas Trade MartDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)In addition to Charles Cravotta, another child of a Dallas Trade Mart vendor who received permission to be on hand for President Kennedy's arrival at the luncheon was Sharon Weber. Weber, after learning of the assassination, saved a yellow rose from the head table, which she donated to the Museum in 2010. Her oral history may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/32302. - Stephen Fagin, Curator