Image of a camera misfire
Object number1989.100.0042.0004
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 underexposed; shadowy figures are visible but details are impossible to discern.
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.