Image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry surrounded by reporters and cameras

Object number1989.100.0043.0006

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)

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DescriptionOriginal 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry surrounded by a crowd of reporters and cameras in the third floor hallway of the Dallas Police Department headquarters on November 23, 1963. Television cameras from WBAP and WFAA are visible in this image.

Curatorial Commentary

Pictures 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