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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-20-A
ST31
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A4-3-63
President John F. Kennedy exits St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts, after attending mass. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; White House Secret Service agents, Dick Johnsen, Paul A. Burns, Floyd Boring, Walt Coughlin, Ron Pontius, and Jerry Blaine; chief of the Boston office of the United States Secret Service, Frank V. McDermott.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A4-1-63
President John F. Kennedy exits St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts, after attending mass. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; White House Secret Service agents, Stu Stout, Paul A. Burns, Win Lawson, Floyd Boring, Dave Grant, Ron Pontius, and Jerry Blaine; chief of the Boston office of the United States Secret Service, Frank V. McDermott.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-190-72-61
White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff member Major Anthony S. Suglia (center, wearing sunglasses) stands with Frank V. McDermott, an agent from the Boston Secret Service office (right), and an unidentified man at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts. A crowd stands at right, awaiting the arrival of President John F. Kennedy. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-190-106-61
Frank V. McDermott, an agent from the Boston Secret Service office, at unidentified location. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-6-63
President John F. Kennedy takes part in the processional walk from Roberts Center to Alumni Field at Boston College, prior to a convocation ceremony commemorating the school’s centennial anniversary. Walking (L-R): British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); chief of the Boston office of the United States Secret Service, Frank V. McDermott (head turned); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (head turned); others unidentified. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7186-O
President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain stand with performers at the White House Correspondents and News Photographers Dinner. (L-R) Prime Minister Macmillan; composer Richard Adler; President Kennedy; Frank V. McDermott, an agent from the Boston Secret Service office (in background); actress Gwen Verdon; actor Bob Fosse; unidentified. Garden Foyer, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-206-8-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with attendees of a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Charlie Kunkel, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, and Jack Ready; chief of the Boston office of the United States Secret Service, Frank V. McDermott. The Presidential limousine (with bubble top) sits in the foreground. Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.