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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 which appears to show the floor, the photographer's foot and his camera strap. 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.Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing pictured on this negative strip. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a camera misfire

Date:

11/22/1963

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:

1989.100.0036.0001

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 which appears to show the floor, the photographer's foot and his camera strap. 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.Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing pictured on this negative strip. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of a camera misfire

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Photographs

Heikes, Darryl

Dallas Times Herald

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:

1989.100.0036.0001