Image of a camera misfire
Object number1989.100.0036.0001
Date11/22/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer
Dallas Times Herald photographer
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineDallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumFilm
Dimensions15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image is a camera misfire which appears to show the floor, the photographer's foot and his camera strap.
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 seems more likely to have been a deliberate misfire.
Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing pictured on this negative strip. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.
