Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Image of a camera misfire
Image of a camera misfire

Image of a camera misfire

Object number1989.100.0034.0013
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer
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
  • Dallas Times Herald
  • News Photography
  • All Online Objects
DescriptionOriginal 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.