Nikkorex-F 35mm camera

Object number1995.042.0001

Datecirca 1963

ClassificationsArtifacts

ObjectCamera

Credit LineJames Altgens Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumMetal, Glass, Plastic

Terms

DescriptionNikkorex-F 35mm camera used by Associated Press photographer James "Ike" Altgens to take photographs before, during and after the shooting of President Kennedy. Altgens was the only professional to capture part of the Kennedy assassination on film and his images were the first to be shown publicly. This is the camera he used, although the lens - an identical model - is not.

Curatorial Commentary

James Altgens' camera, along with the cameras of other assassination eyewitnesses, is featured in our sixth floor exhibit "John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation" in a section about photographers and evidence. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections