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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-05-A
AR22, ST11, KN17
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22143
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter and Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams, and their families. Seated on couch in foreground (R-L): Lt. Cdr. Carpenter, Candace Noxon Carpenter (hidden), Howard L. Williams, Kristen Elaine Carpenter (hidden), and Rene Carpenter. Seated on couch, facing camera (R-L): Dr. Williams, Elizabeth Ann Williams, Helen Manning Williams, Robyn Jay Carpenter, and Marc Scott Carpenter (partially hidden). Senior photographer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), William P. Taub, and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., stand in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.