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Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing
Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Image of Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing

Object number1989.100.0038.0002
Date11/23/1963
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 Lee Harvey Oswald, surrounded by police detectives, during the midnight press showing at the Dallas Police Department headquarters. A KRLD-TV camera can be seen in the background. A bright light from the photographer's vicinity provides stark illumination in this image. 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.