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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.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a camera misfire

Date:

11/23/1963

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

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.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a camera misfire

Date:

11/23/1963

Terms:

Microphones

Reporter

Detectives

Police

Photographs

Heikes, Darryl

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Dallas Times Herald

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0037.0010