Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C139-18-62
The gold telegraph key used by President John F. Kennedy to open the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) sits on a patio table at the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed the telegraph key to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.