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JFKWHP-KN-C17752
Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Secret Service Agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (far right). South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17751
Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17750
Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard, arrive for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Commander Shepard. L-R: Commander Shepard; Mrs. Shepard; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17749
Arrival of guests for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Public Affairs Officer for NASA, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Powers; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew Hatcher (farther back, walking away); astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, greeting astronaut Commander Shepard and his wife, Louise Brewer Shepard (both with backs to camera); White House Secret Service Agents, Gerald “Jerry” Behn and Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (standing back, at right); several unidentified photographers. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C168-29-63
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper and his family, following Major Cooper’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Left to right: Major Cooper’s daughters, Camala and Janita; his wife, Trudy; Major Cooper; Mrs. Kennedy; President Kennedy. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C168-12-63
President John F. Kennedy and astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper walk along the West Wing Colonnade, following Major Cooper’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Standing at right in background: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Major Cooper’s daughters, Janita and Camala. Two unidentified photographers stand at left. White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C168-10-63
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera), presents NASA award for outstanding leadership to manager of the Mercury Project Office at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Kenneth S. Kleinknecht (standing right of President John F. Kennedy, wearing glasses), during astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper’s NASA Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Lady Bird Johnson; Major Cooper and his wife, Trudy Cooper; Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper; Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, aunt and uncle of Major Cooper; Louise Brewer Shepard, wife of astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard; astronaut Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and his wife, Betty Grissom; astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; Rene Carpenter, wife of astronaut, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Jo Schirra, wife of astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra; Director of NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; President of the Case Institute of Technology and former Administrator of NASA, Dr. T. Keith Glennan; Director of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson (also a recipient of NASA award for outstanding leadership); Representative James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Maine); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas); Representative Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator A. Willis Robertson (Virginia); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Win Lawson. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6569-C
Attendees gather at the South Portico of the White House in preparation for the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Air Force Aide to the President, General Godfrey T. McHugh; several unidentified Naval officers; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; unidentified; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified reporters and guests stand at right. Caroline Kennedy and unidentified woman stand on upper balcony (Truman Porch). Washington, D.C.
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Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Walter N. Tobriner, presents a key to the City of Washington to President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny (hidden). Left to right (flanked by two unidentified United States Marines): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind column); First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny (mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; Chairman Tobriner; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Blair House, Washington, D.C.
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Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Walter N. Tobriner, presents a key to the City of Washington to President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny (hidden). Left to right (flanked by two unidentified United States Marines): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind column); First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; President John F. Kennedy; Chairman Tobriner; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Blair House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7813-G
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Standing on steps, front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (behind Under Secretary Ball, mostly hidden); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7813-E
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Standing on steps, front row (L-R): Under Secretary of State, George Ball; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill. Back rows (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (very back); Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore, wife of the British Ambassador; Winston Churchill, Jr., son of Randolph Churchill; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, stands at far right; photographers and reporters observe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7813-C
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a proclamation ceremony declaring former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States. Standing on steps in front of doorway (L-R): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk (behind General Clifton); Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell Shepard; Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Photographers and reporters observe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7626-T
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Seated at head table (R-L): President Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mrs. Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps and Executive Director of the Foundation, Sargent Shriver; Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis and member of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the Very Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Director of Research of the Foundation, Dr. George A. Jervis. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Seated at head table (R-L): President Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mrs. Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps and Executive Director of the Foundation, Sargent Shriver; Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis and member of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the Very Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Director of Research of the Foundation, Dr. George A. Jervis. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7626-M
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Master of Ceremonies, Adlai Stevenson (at lectern), delivers remarks at the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Seated left of lectern (R-L): President John F. Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7626-C
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Left to right: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Master of Ceremonies, Adlai Stevenson; President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also pictured (in background): White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7626-A
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Left to right: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Master of Ceremonies, Adlai Stevenson; President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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BHNPC
Photographs, circa 1880-1972. Primarily 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by Boston Herald photographers and the Associated Press wire services, featuring John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family at various events during his tenure as Congressman through his presidency. Also included are historic family photographs as well as images of John F. Kennedy’s assassination and memorial services, Jacqueline Kennedy’s life through 1969, and the creation of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.