/internal/media/dispatcher/15355/fullImage of camera misfire11/22/196315/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)FilmWilliam Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.0001.00010Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows a camera misfire.
The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. This image is labeled #1 on section 1 of negative strip 1.Photographs632223.60000000002.40000000002966Negative (b&w)Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows a camera misfire.
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 is more likely to have been a deliberate misfire.
PhotographsAllen, WilliamDallas Times HeraldFort Worth