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JFKWHP-1961-09-26-L
KN08
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JFKWHP-1962-06-29-D
ST11, KN18
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JFKWHP-KN-C29066
Commander of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake in California, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr., presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile during his visit to Michelson Laboratory at NOTS. Left to right: Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Captain Blenman (holding model); President Kennedy (also holding model); NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth. A portrait of physicist, Albert A. Michelson, hangs on the wall in the background. [Notes: See also MO 63.1920, "Model of AGM-45 Shrike Missile", from the John F. Kennedy Administration Collection.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20726
President John F. Kennedy visits Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Major Clifford W. Simonson of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) stands at left; Major Simonson presented the President with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20725
Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20677
Major Clifford W. Simonson (wearing white jumpsuit, far left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Crew members (L-R): Major Simonson, Kenneth Haithcoat, SMSgt Chupka, Roger Egert, Sherman Jackson, Gerald Beth, MSgt Reginald Bufkin, TSgt Arnold Kovakka, SSgt Dale Howe, A1C J. W. Hill, and Frank Waters. Commander of Strategic Air Command, General Thomas S. Power, stands to right of President Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent, Toby Chandler, stands at far left. Standing in group at right: Major General Joseph J. Preston; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20667
Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C20666
Major Clifford W. Simonson (left) of the 389th Strategic Missile Wing (Warren Air Force Base) presents President John F. Kennedy with a silver badge marking the launch of the Atlas 134D missile earlier in the day. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. [See also MO 63.1523, “Atlas Missile Badge”]
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JFKWHP-KN-19393
Mayor James L. Maher of Newport and his wife Mary Maher present gifts to the Kennedy family upon their arrival in Newport, Rhode Island. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Mayor Maher; Mrs. Maher; Caroline Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly out of frame).
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JFKWHP-KN-18965
Mayor James L. Maher of Newport and his wife Mary Maher greet the Kennedy family upon their arrival in Newport, Rhode Island. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Mayor Maher; Mrs. Maher; Caroline Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-KN-18968-A
Mayor James L. Maher of Newport presents gifts to President John F. Kennedy upon the President’s arrival in Newport, Rhode Island.
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JFKWHP-KN-23791
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Photographers observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) receives gifts from U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Ross McEuen during a lunch with military officers in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: U.S. Army Sergeant Major Richard C. Whitfield; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29304
President John F. Kennedy (center left) receives gifts during a lunch with military officers in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: U.S. Army Sergeant Major Richard C. Whitfield; U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Ross McEuen; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton.
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JFKWHP-KN-C28951
President John F. Kennedy receives a rocking chair in honor of his visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; the back and seat covers on the chair were embroidered by Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Jesse R. "J. R." Johnson (third from right). Left to right: Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell (in back); President Kennedy; Boatswain's Mate Johnson; Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth (in back); and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. [Notes: See also MO 63.1339a, "Carolina Rocker," in the Kennedy Administration collection; spots on image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C30571
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C30566
President John F. Kennedy (center, looking through binoculars) and others stand on the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; unidentified military officer (in back); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (in back, mostly hidden); Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida). The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29075
President John F. Kennedy (center left) receives gifts from Mayor of El Paso, Texas, Judson Williams (center, standing behind lectern), during an arrival ceremony in his honor at El Paso International Airport; gifts included a pair of .45 caliber Colt pistols, a Texas Ranger badge, a Texas Ranger charm, and the key to the city of El Paso. Governor of Texas, John Connally (face obscured by railing), sits at far left. El Paso, Texas. [See also MO 63.399.1, "Texas Ranger Peacemakers Colt Pistols"; MO 63.399.2a, "Texas Ranger Badge"; MO 63.399.2b, "Texas Ranger Charm "; and MO 63.399.3, "Key to the City of El Paso, Texas," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C22644
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (both at far right) visit with a group of Mexican student leaders following a luncheon in honor of President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos. The students presented President Kennedy with a gold medal and scroll. Hotel María Isabel, Mexico City, Mexico.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22642
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (both at far right) visit with a group of Mexican student leaders following a luncheon in honor of President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos. The students presented President Kennedy with a gold medal and scroll. Hotel María Isabel, Mexico City, Mexico.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22666-W
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy present a portrait of Benito Juárez, painted by artist José Escudero y Espronceda, to President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (right), during an exchange of gifts at Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico.
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JFKWHP-KN-C22590
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy present a portrait of Benito Juárez, painted by artist José Escudero y Espronceda, to President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (right), during an exchange of gifts at Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico.
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JFKWHP-KN-23792
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Photographers, including newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr., and members of the press observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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President John F. Kennedy receives a scale model of the Apollo command module from Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (center, at lectern), following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden) stands in back; photographers observe at right. President Kennedy visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"] [Blemishes in center of image are original to the negative.]