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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-18-I
AR31, ST19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-29-C
AR29
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6281-F
President John F. Kennedy and party seated in the balcony of the National Guard Armory at the Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C. Party includes Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; and the President's parents Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6281-E
President John F. Kennedy looks up from his seat in the balcony of the National Guard Armory at the Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C. Seated near the President are Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; and the President's parents Rose Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Row above the President includes the President's brother Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy and his wife Joan Kennedy.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6281-B
President John F. Kennedy and party watch from balcony as Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall and wife Erma Lee Udall enter the hall of the National Guard Armory. Party includes Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; and the President's parents Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Inaugural Ball, National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C19-5-63
The guests of honor attend the Second Inaugural Salute to the President, commemorating the second anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Standing in the Presidential box, (L-R): Lady Bird Johnson; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also pictured: Bedford S. Wynne, Chairman of the Inaugural Salute; Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); and Maureen Hayes Mansfield, wife of Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); all others are unidentified. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C19-4-63
The guests of honor attend the Second Inaugural Salute to the President, commemorating the second anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Standing in the Presidential box, (L-R): Lady Bird Johnson; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also pictured: Bedford S. Wynne, chairman of the event; Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) John M. Bailey; all others are unidentified. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6620-H
President John F. Kennedy’s birthday party celebration at the National Guard Armory. L-R: President Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson; former President Harry S. Truman; unidentified; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall. The fund-raising dinner was given by the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Senatorial and Congressional Campaign Committees.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6992-D
The guests of honor stand together before the start of the First Inaugural Salute to the President Dinner. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Office of the Managing Director of the Armory (Arthur Bergman), National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6992-E
The guests of honor stand together before the start of the First Inaugural Salute to the President Dinner. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Office of the Managing Director of the Armory (Arthur Bergman), National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7670-G
President John F. Kennedy (right) and Lady Bird Johnson (left, looking up) sit in the Presidential box during the Second Inaugural Salute to the President, commemorating the second anniversary of President Kennedy's inauguration. Bedford S. Wynne, chairman of the event (two people behind President Kennedy), stands in the background; all others are unidentified. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7670-F
President John F. Kennedy (far left) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (right) sit in the Presidential box during the Second Inaugural Salute to the President, commemorating the second anniversary of President Kennedy's inauguration. In the background, (L-R): unidentified woman; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (partially hidden); unidentified woman; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; unidentified (in back); Bedford S. Wynne, Chairman of the Inaugural Salute; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma (partially hidden, behind the First Lady); and Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland, the First Lady's sister (back right, in shadow). National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7670-E
The guests of honor attend the Second Inaugural Salute to the President, commemorating the second anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. (L-R) Lady Bird Johnson; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7670-D
The guests of honor stand in the Presidential box before the start of the Second Inaugural Salute to the President, commemorating the second anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. (L-R) Lady Bird Johnson; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (back to camera); and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera). Bedford S. Wynne, Chairman of the Inaugural Salute (seated, partially hidden behind Mrs. Johnson), and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (back center) applaud in the background; all others are unidentified. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7670-C
President John F. Kennedy (left) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (right) attend the Second Inaugural Salute to the President, commemorating the second anniversary of President Kennedy's inauguration. Bedford S. Wynne, chairman of the event (in profile), stands right of the President; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson (mostly hidden) are behind Mr. Wynne. Standing right of the First Lady are Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) John M. Bailey; Maureen Hayes Mansfield, wife of Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); and Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland, the First Lady's sister (in back, in shadow); all others are unidentified. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7606-N
Master of ceremonies, composer, and conductor Leonard Bernstein (left), speaks at a fundraising dinner and closed-circuit telecast of "An American Pageant of the Arts" for the National Cultural Center; President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attended the dinner. At the head table (L-R): Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Nina Warren, wife of Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Mr. Bernstein; chairman of the dinner committee for the National Cultural Center, Suzanne Gardner; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Cultural Center, Roger L. Stevens; Lady Bird Johnson; Chief Justice Warren; and Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary Rusk. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7606-H
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at a fundraising dinner and closed-circuit telecast of "An American Pageant of the Arts" for the National Cultural Center. Seated (L-R): chairman of the dinner committee for the National Cultural Center, Suzanne Gardner; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Cultural Center, Roger L. Stevens; Lady Bird Johnson; and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren. National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.
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