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Image 16A from Negative Strip 23: Dealey of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sniper's perch
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows the view looking onto Elm Street and towards the triple underpass from the recreation of the sniper's perch by the Dallas Police on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository on November 22, 1963. The negative is on Kodak Tri-X Pan Film. The image is labeled #16A on section 3 of negative strip 23.Labeled J15 on contact sheet 1989.100.0062 The old TMS record for the images on this negative strip indicate that the photographer was William Allen. Based on research conducted by collections intern Mark Davies in June and July 2012, curatorial and collections staff concluded that Allen did indeed take these pictures. (Katie Womack, 7/18/13)View from police-recreated Sniper's Nest
Image 16A from Negative Strip 23: Dealey of the view of Dealey Plaza from the sniper's perch
11/22/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0023.0017