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Ben and Charlotte Bairrington Oral History
Ben and Charlotte Bairrington Oral History

Ben and Charlotte Bairrington Oral History

Object number2018.001.0054
Date05/25/2018
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
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: 30 Minutes
Collections
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Ben and Charlotte Bairrington. Ben Bairrington was a seventh grader in Mesquite, Texas, in 1963. His father took a home movie of President and Mrs. Kennedy at Dallas Love Field. His future wife, Charlotte Sebesta Bairrington, was a student in Fort Worth at the time. Her late mother attended the Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Hotel Texas. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 25, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
The photograph that Ben Bairrington's father appears in can be found on the Museum's online database here: Image of the crowd gathered at Love Field – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Phil Bairrington is the balding man on the far right side of the image, looking directly into the camera lens. This photograph was taken by John Mazziotta, chief photographer for the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. There are over 200 images of the Kennedys arriving at Dallas Love Field in our Collection; these can be found via our online database here: Search "Love Field" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger