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President John F. Kennedy stands with Chief of White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Colonel George J. McNally (left), during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Robert Bright, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), stands, mostly hidden, behind Colonel McNally. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed a gold telegraph key (on patio table at bottom right) to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with Robert Bright, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), and Chief of White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Colonel George J. McNally (back to camera), during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed a gold telegraph key to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Robert Bright, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill (wearing sunglasses), stands in background at right. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed a gold telegraph key (on patio table at bottom right) to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.
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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 next to a telephone 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.
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Senators Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (left) and Warren G. Magnuson, both of Washington, present President John F. Kennedy with a gold telegraph key to open the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exhibition). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson of Washington (left) presents a booklet of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to President John F. Kennedy. An unidentified man stands at right. Office of the President's Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]