/internal/media/dispatcher/15842/fullImage of a camera misfire11/22/196315/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)FilmDarryl Heikes, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.0034.00110Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Darryl Heikes. The image shows a camera misfire.
The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. This image is labeled #11 on section 3 of negative strip 34.Photographs635983.60000000002.40000000003912Negative (b&w)Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald and United Press International photographer Darryl Heikes. The 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.
PhotographsHeikes, DarrylDallas Times HeraldDallas Police DepartmentDallas