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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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Representatives of children’s charity Variety Clubs International present President John F. Kennedy with a gold membership card in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Variety Clubs International Chief Barker Edward Emanuel; President Kennedy; actress Miko (Miiko) Taka, representing the entertainment industry’s involvement with the charity.
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Representatives from the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) present a season pass for President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. (L – R): Milton King, NSO President; Mrs. Kennedy; Howard Mitchell, NSO Director. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Representatives from the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) present a season pass to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. (L – R): Milton King, NSO President; Mrs. Kennedy; Howard Mitchell, NSO Director. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Representatives from the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) present a season pass for President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. (L – R): Milton King, NSO President; Mrs. Kennedy; Howard Mitchell, NSO Director. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Representatives from the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) present a season pass for President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. (L – R): Milton King, NSO President; Mrs. Kennedy; Howard Mitchell, NSO Director. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Representatives from the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) present a season pass for President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. (L – R): Milton King, NSO President; Mrs. Kennedy; Howard Mitchell, NSO Director. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers (left), accepts a gift of a bust for President John F. Kennedy from two unidentified men. East Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers (left), accepts a gift of a bust for President John F. Kennedy from two unidentified men. East Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy receives Native American portraits, painted by Charles Bird King, as gifts for the White House from President of Sears, Roebuck & Company, Crowdus Baker (not pictured). Vice President of Sears, Roebuck & Company, James T. Griffin (standing left of Mrs. Kennedy), holds up a portrait painting of Chief Shaumonekusse (Chonmonicase). Treaty Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy receives a painting by John Morris, at the Sheraton Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois; Jeanne Barrett (right) presented the painting as a gift for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Also pictured: Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois); Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, Larry O’Brien, and Dave Powers. [See also MO 63.440, “Nun with School Children”]
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View of a painting of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The painting, signed by Francis Loui, is a gift from the Pearl Harbor Association and its president, William D. Bennett. The quote reads, "'From today on the USS Arizona will again fly our country's flag just as proudly as she did on the morning of 7 December 1941. I am sure the Arizona's crew will know and appreciate what we are doing' - Admiral A. W. Radford, U.S.N. 7 March 1950." White House, Washington, D.C.
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View of a painting of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The painting, signed by Francis Loui, is a gift from the Pearl Harbor Association and its president, William D. Bennett. The quote reads, "'From today on the USS Arizona will again fly our country's flag just as proudly as she did on the morning of 7 December 1941. I am sure the Arizona's crew will know and appreciate what we are doing' - Admiral A. W. Radford, U.S.N. 7 March 1950." White House, Washington, D.C.
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Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (far right), accepts a bust of President John F. Kennedy (sculpted by Carlos Pazos of Lima, Peru) presented as a gift for the White House; eight other people are unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.653, “Bust of John F. Kennedy”]
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Front view of a piece of whale tooth scrimshaw engraved with a sailing vessel, given to President John F. Kennedy.
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Front view of a piece of whale tooth scrimshaw engraved with a sailing vessel, given to President John F. Kennedy.
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Side view of a piece of whale tooth scrimshaw engraved with a sailing vessel, given to President John F. Kennedy.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy presents the Children’s Art Carnival in the garden of the Prime Minister’s residence, Teen Murti Bhavan. New Delhi, India. Mrs. Kennedy stands at table with Indira Gandhi, daughter of Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru; Assistant White House Press Secretary, Jay W. Gildner, stands in background directly behind Mrs. Gandhi. The First Lady presented the art carnival to the children of India on behalf of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Asia Society.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Press Secretary Pamela Turnure (third from left) accepts on behalf of Mrs. Kennedy a recording of cellist Pablo Casals' performance at a state dinner given in honor of Governor Luis Muñoz Marin of Puerto Rico on November 13, 1961; all others are unidentified. The record album, distributed by Columbia Records, is titled "A Concert at the White House" and features cellist Casals, violinist Alexander Schneider, and pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski. White House, Washington, D.C.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Press Secretary Pamela Turnure (third from left) accepts on behalf of Mrs. Kennedy a recording of cellist Pablo Casals' performance at a state dinner given in honor of Governor Luis Muñoz Marin of Puerto Rico on November 13, 1961; all others are unidentified. The record album, distributed by Columbia Records, is titled "A Concert at the White House" and features cellist Casals, violinist Alexander Schneider, and pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski. White House, Washington, D.C.
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Commander of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake in California, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. (left), presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile during his visit to NOTS' Michelson Laboratory; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean, stands at right. 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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President John F. Kennedy laughs with visitors presenting gifts, including a plaque displaying a presidential medal designed by Ralph J. Menconi for Presidential Art Medals, Inc., of Englewood, Ohio. Left to right: two unidentified men (one holding plaque); President Kennedy; Governor of Ohio and co-founder of Presidential Art Medals, Inc., Michael V. DiSalle. Unidentified men include: President and co-founder of Presidential Art Medals, Max Humbert; Clark Keysor. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.432, “John F. Kennedy Medallion Plaque”]
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President John F. Kennedy receives gifts, including a plaque displaying a presidential medal designed by Ralph J. Menconi for Presidential Art Medals, Inc., of Englewood, Ohio. Left to right: two unidentified men (one holding plaque); President Kennedy; Governor of Ohio and co-founder of Presidential Art Medals, Inc., Michael V. DiSalle. Unidentified men include: President and co-founder of Presidential Art Medals, Max Humbert; Clark Keysor. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.432, “John F. Kennedy Medallion Plaque”]
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View of a newly-installed mantel in the State Dining Room; the mantel was a gift of both the architecture firm Steinmann, Cain & White and the Marble Industry Board of New York. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln, painted by George P. A. Healy, hangs above the mantel and fireplace. White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation of a portrait of President John F. Kennedy by Roger Croteau of South Lawrence, Massachusetts (right) to Presidential Assistant John J. “Jack” McNally (left). East Wing, White House, Washington, D.C.