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Image of a camera misfire
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image is a camera misfire that appears to show pavement, a person's foot and part of a car door. 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. Because this shot is the first picture on the roll, it seems more likely to have been a deliberate misfire.
Image of a camera misfire
11/21/1963
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
1989.100.0058.0001
Image of a camera misfire
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image is a camera misfire that appears to show pavement, a person's foot and part of a car door. 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. Because this shot is the first picture on the roll, it seems more likely to have been a deliberate misfire.
Image of a camera misfire
11/21/1963
Photographs
Dallas Times Herald
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
1989.100.0058.0001