/internal/media/dispatcher/18094/fullNegative Strip 43 from the Dallas Times Herald Collection11/23/1963Section 1: 1 3/8 x 8 15/16 in. (3.5 x 22.7 cm)
Section 2: 1 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (3.5 x 23.2 cm)
Section 3: 1 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (3.5 x 19.7 cm)FilmDallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1989.100.00430One original 35 mm negative strip of Kodak Tri X Pan Film cut into three sections containing 17 images. The images were taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The images are of scenes within the Dallas Police Department on the morning of November 23, 1963.
Section 1 contains six images labeled (# 4-9), four images of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry speaking with reporters in the third floor hallway of the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963, two images of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry speaking with reporters and the cameras of WBAP and WFAA are visible in the third floor hallway of the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963.
Section 2 contains six images labeled (#10-15), one image of unidentified man (possibly a Texas School Book Depository employee) in the third floor hallway of the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963, one image of cab driver William Whaley at the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963, four images of Dallas County Criminal District Attorney Henry Wade speaking to reporters in the third floor hallway of the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963, Tom Pettit, of NBC, can be seen in these images.
Section 3 contains five images labeled (#16-20), one image of Marina Oswald arriving at the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963, one image of Marguerite Oswald arriving at the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963, one image of Marina and Marguerite Oswald waiting at the elevator at the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963, one image of a camera misfire, one image of the crowd in the third floor hallway (possibly Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry in the center of group) of the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963.
Photographs6364919.685039370123.177546355122.70129540263.49250698503.49250698503.49250698504059Negative (b&w)0E-100E-100E-10One original 35 mm negative strip of Kodak Tri X Pan Film cut into three sections containing 17 images. The images were taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The images are of scenes within the Dallas Police Department on the morning of November 23, 1963. Most of the images on this strip are overexposed.MicrophonesCamerasWitnessesPolicePhotographsReporterCurry, Jesse E.Pettit, TomOswald, MarinaFritz, WillOswald, MargueriteWhaley, WilliamWade, Henry M.Dallas Times HeraldWBAP-TVWFAA-TVNBCDallas Police DepartmentDallas Police HeadquartersDallas Municipal BuildingDallasPictures are overexposed when too much light enters the aperture, producing images that are washed out and lacking detail. Most of the images on this strip appear overly bright because they were overexposed. When Museum staff scanned this negative strip in 2012, they used photo editing software to try to correct the overexposure, allowing us to see some detail in the images that was not visible before. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections