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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-B
ST13, KN22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-A
ST13, KN22
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-38-62
President John F. Kennedy receives a scale model of the Apollo command module from Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (at lectern), following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Standing in back: Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Photographers observe at right. The President 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"]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-29-62
President John F. Kennedy boards Air Force One upon his departure from Houston International Airport, Houston, Texas, during a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Following behind President Kennedy: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (back to camera).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-387-20-62
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 in background. Standing in back (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth. 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"]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-387-6-62
President John F. Kennedy sits on the speakers' platform at Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas. Left to right (seated on platform): Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; unidentified; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); unidentified; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer; President Kennedy; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; two unidentified. White House Secret Service agent, Dick Johnsen, stands at right; spectators observe from the stands.