Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger
Title:
Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger
Number of Pages:
22
Description:
Career history as a photographer; Kaufman's work in Dallas covering Lee Harvey Oswald after the John F. Kennedy assassination; covering LBJ at the LBJ Ranch while staying in a Stonewall hotel; LBJ's recovery from gallbladder surgery; finding the Secret Service radio frequency and listening in for activity and LBJ's location; methods used to find LBJ and take his picture while he was at the Ranch; taking A. W. Moursund's photograph; keeping track of LBJ's location while he was at the Ranch; interactions with Secret Service agents regarding Kaufman's efforts to follow LBJ; LBJ's opinion of press attention; touring the Ranch house; a seventy-fifth birthday party for LBJ at the Ranch after his death; the telephone system at the Ranch; the lack of security using radios to communicate around LBJ's Texas properties; the possible risks of allowing hunting near the Ranch; LBJ's funeral; freelance versus salaried photographers and how press photography has changed over the years; where LBJ attended church when in Texas; using boats to find LBJ while he was on the lake; LBJ and Hubert Humphrey celebrating their 1964 election win at the Ranch; the store/post office in Hye, Texas; Kaufman's love for his work
