The Paines and the Minox Camera Charade

[Deborra Ann Low]

Deborra,

It is unclear if this is the actual picture from Curry's book in the link:



https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site...59KIaKM%3A

Right. The link I was referring to was this one: http://jfkassassination.net/russ/minox.htm
and I believe the photos included on this website are the same one's included in Curry's book.
I believe the link provided by Steve Margolis may simply be a stock photo example of the same type of Minox camera that was allegedly found in Oswald's seabag by Det. Gus Rose, because the serial number indicates it was a Minox model A, II, which is not the same as the Minox model A, III that was given to the DPD by Michael Paine. Michael Paine's Minox could not have had a serial number matching the one listed by the FBI as being the one later obtained from Michael Paine (from the coffee can at the Irving, Tx, residence). This seems to be an obvious attempt to pull the old switcheroo, even though the serial number listed by the DPD is a dead giveaway that there had to have been two cameras, Oswald's and Paine's (with Oswald's camera probably being the one with serial number 27259). Much later there actually turns out to be three cameras thrown into the mix, to further obfuscate the issue. The third camera is mentioned during the HSCA's interrogatory with Marina Oswald, and that one has a seven digit serial number of 2338393, which would make that camera a Model C Minox. Where did that one come from or was it just thrown in out of the blue to see if Marina would falsely ID it as Oswald's camera? Why wasn't that camera ever explained as to where it came from and why it was shown to Marina? Strange, to say the very least.

I don't think it could be more obvious that there was some major mischief going on with this camera shell game, but Det. Rose wasn't going playing along. He not only found a camera in Oswald's seabag, he scratched his initials on the base of that camera. If he mistook it for the light meter (a light meter with a roll of film inside???) then his initials should have been scratched on the bottom of the light meter. Were they?? Does anyone know? Paine's Model III Minox camera could be eliminated from the mix if the serial number could be reported, but apparently it's been sealed shut, at least according to author, and JFK assassination researcher, John Armstrong. How has this been verified? Anyone???