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Image of Dallas Police Detective W.E. "Pete" Barnes with palm print
Image of Dallas Police Detective W.E. "Pete" Barnes with palm print

Image of Dallas Police Detective W.E. "Pete" Barnes with palm print

Object number1989.100.0036.0003
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 shows Dallas Police Detective W.E. "Pete" Barnes with an ink print of Lee Harvey Oswald's right hand in the hallway at the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 22, 1963. Darryl Heikes and another, unidentified, Dallas Times Herald photographer attended the midnight press showing. It is not known which of the two photographers took this picture.