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Image of a crowd at the entrance to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau
Image of a crowd at the entrance to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau

Image of a crowd at the entrance to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau

Object number1989.100.0034.0008
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Darryl Heikes
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineDarryl Heikes, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Collections
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald and United Press International staff photographer Darryl Heikes. The image shows a crowd in the third floor hallway of Dallas Police headquarters outside the entrance to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau the evening of November 22, 1963. A police officer stands in the doorway, keeping the crowd of reporters in the hall.
Curatorial Commentary
Just in front of the door to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau, a reporter holds his movie camera up high, sideways.  He is supporting it with his left hand while his right hand holds a "pistol grip" - a grip that was usually attached to the bottom of the camera so that the photographer could hold the camera steady.  His camera would have made a silent movie - it was not equipped to record sound.  Also visible in the crowded hallway are other reporters' cameras, lights and notebooks. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections