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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-11-C
ST13, KN22
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C42-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) greets Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun, upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Left to right: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Representative Albert Thomas of Texas (mostly hidden); Dr. von Braun (shaking hands with President Kennedy); Representative Robert E. Jones (Alabama); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (partially hidden); Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr.; Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow. Air Force One sits at left in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23799
President John F. Kennedy and Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun (back to camera), sit in the back seat of the presidential limousine, following a tour of MSFC facilities at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Seated in front seat of convertible: Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (mostly hidden) and Bill Greer (driver's seat). Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. President Kennedy visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23671
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) stands with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Missile Command, Major General Francis J. McMorrow (saluting), upon arrival at Redstone Army Airfield, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Standing behind President Kennedy at left: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Representative George P. Miller (California); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Standing in group at right: White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers. Air Force One sits in background. The President traveled to Huntsville as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.