The final shot of "The Shining" shows a photograph of the Overlook Hotels July 4th, 1921 party, where Jack Torrance appears to be standing front and center. The photograph is an actual photo from 1921 with Jacks head airbrushed onto another fellows body. There are several theories about what happened at the Overlook Hotel in 1921, but the most popular one is that Jack is the reincarnation of a former hotel employee or guest. This theory is supported by the fact that Lloyd the bartender greeted Jack like an old friend and that Delbert Grady claimed that Jack was "always the caretaker". Another theory is that the Overlook absorbed Jacks soul after he died, claiming him as it did with the guests whose spirits are trapped in the hotel. However, the exact events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel in 1921 are left ambiguous, and the photograph is open to interpretation.