Mr. Shaneyfelt.

No; I interpret that mark as a shadow on the building, a slight shadow on the building.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Just to make that clear, could you draw an arrow within your circle pointing to the end of the weapon?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

Yes; I have done it.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, Mr. Shaneyfelt, I hand you a negative which, for the record, appears to be a negative of 133B, which is the photograph showing the weapon held slightly above and to the right, and I ask you if you are familiar with this negative?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

Yes, I am.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Shaneyfelt, have you examined this negative to deter- mine whether the picture 133B is in fact a print made directly or indirectly from the negative?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

That is correct. I have examined it for that purpose and determined that Exhibit 133B is a print from this negative.

Mr. Eisenberg.

May I have this negative introduced into evidence as Exhibit 749?

Mr. Mccloy.

Have you any other identification as to this negative as to where it was found?

Mr. Eisenberg.

Yes; for the record only, nothing that this witness can testify to----

Mr. Mccloy.

State for the record where it was found.

Mr. Eisenberg.

For the record, this was also found at one of Oswald's residences, I believe the Paine address at which Marina was staying at the time Oswald was apprehended.

Mr. Mccloy.

This will be proved?

Mr. Eisenberg.

This will be proved separately.

The Chairman.

Will this negative deteriorate as time goes on?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

No.

The Chairman.

It will not?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

It should not.

The Chairman.

Yes.

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

Normally this depends on the processing, how well it has been processed and how well it has been fixed and washed. If it were going to deteriorate it would have begun by now.

The Chairman.

I see and it has not yet begun?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

It has not begun. There is no indication that there will be any extensive deterioration.

Representative Ford.

Have we shown any place in the record that that print or a negative came from a camera----

Mr. Eisenberg.

That is what I was going to proceed to do, sir. Mr. Chairman, may we have this admitted as Exhibit 749?

Mr. Mccloy.

Admitted.
(Commission Exhibit No. 749 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

I asked you before whether you could say whether this negative, which is now 749, had been used directly or indirectly to make the print 133B?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

That is correct.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could you say whether it had been used either directly or indirectly?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

It is my opinion that it was used directly to make the print. However, I cannot specifically eliminate the possibility of an internegative or the possibility of this photograph having been copied, a negative made by copying a photograph similar to this from which this print was made.
I think this is highly unlikely, because if this were the result of a copied negative, there would normally be evidence that I could detect, such as a loss of detail and imperfections that show up due to this added process.
Although a very expertly done rephotographing and reprinting cannot positively be eliminated, I am reasonably sure it was made directly from the negative.