/internal/media/dispatcher/73552/fullW. Michael Tumlinson Oral History04/28/2017Duration: 26 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2017.001.00450Videotaped oral history interview with W. Michael Tumlinson. Six years old in 1963, Tumlinson stood with his grandparents in front of the Dal-Tex building at the corner of Houston and Elm Streets when the assassination took place.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 28, 2017 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 26 minutes long.Oral Histories656330E-100E-1054028Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with W. Michael Tumlinson. Six years old in 1963, Tumlinson stood with his grandparents in front of the Dal-Tex building at the corner of Houston and Elm Streets when the assassination took place.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 28, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-six minutes long.Oral historiesEyewitnessesHouston StreetElm StreetGrassy knollDealey PlazaDal-Tex BuildingDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Despite being at the corner of Elm and Houston Streets with his grandparents when shots were fired at the Kennedy motorcade, W. Michael Tumlinson recalls very few details from the assassination beyond general noise and confusion. Most vividly he recalls being told to stay with his grandmother Marie while his grandfather, Dallas pharmacist William Rather (1906-1991), ran with other eyewitnesses towards the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza. Interestingly, Tumlinson has another connection to the assassination because his late grandfather was second cousin to CBS News reporter Dan Rather, who rose to national prominence during media coverage of the assassination in Dallas. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator