/internal/media/dispatcher/74286/fullJack T. Alexander Oral History10/21/2015Duration: 11 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2015.001.01420Videotaped oral history interview with Jack T. Alexander. A lieutenant with the Dallas Fire Department in 1963, Alexander did a safety inspection of the Dallas Trade Mart prior to the presidential luncheon. He was also acquainted with Jack Ruby, having inspected his nightclubs over the years.
Interview conducted at a retirement home in Dallas on October 21, 2015 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 11 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 Histories656120E-100E-1045031Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Jack T. Alexander. A lieutenant with the Dallas Fire Department in 1963, Alexander conducted a safety inspection of the Dallas Trade Mart prior to the presidential luncheon. He was also acquainted with Jack Ruby, having inspected his nightclubs several times over the years.
Interview conducted at The Bentley retirement home in Dallas on October 21, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is eleven minutes long.
Oral historiesTrade Mart luncheonRuby, JackDallas Trade MartDallas Fire DepartmentDallasDallas Trade Mart (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)Jack T. Alexander passed away on October 7, 2016. On the day of his 2015 oral history, he wife, Imogene Alexander, also recorded an interview. A Dallas housewife in 1963, Imogene Alexander recalled news of the president's shooting interrupting the long-running soap opera, As The World Turns. - Stephen Fagin, Curator