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Image of a camera misfire
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer, possibly Darryl Heikes. This image is a camera misfire which shows the upper part of the room in which the Dallas Police department's midnight press showing of suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was taking place. The upper part of the room, a light fixture and several people's hats and heads are visible in the image, which is dark.Photographers would sometimes snap a photo of nothing in particular just to make sure that the film was advancing through the camera properly. It is not known whether this misfire was deliberate or accidental.
Image of a camera misfire
11/23/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0037.0010
Image of a camera misfire
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer, possibly Darryl Heikes. This image is a camera misfire which shows the upper part of the room in which the Dallas Police department's midnight press showing of suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was taking place. The upper part of the room, a light fixture and several people's hats and heads are visible in the image, which is dark.Photographers would sometimes snap a photo of nothing in particular just to make sure that the film was advancing through the camera properly. It is not known whether this misfire was deliberate or accidental.
Image of a camera misfire
11/23/1963
Microphones
Reporter
Detectives
Police
Photographs
Heikes, Darryl
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Dallas Times Herald
Dallas Police Headquarters
Dallas Municipal Building
Dallas Police Department
Dallas
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0037.0010