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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-F
KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-A
ST27, KN38
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-M13-6-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): Jean Kennedy Smith; David Bell, Director of the Office of Management and Budget; General Maxwell Taylor, former Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Miriam Judd, wife of Minnesota Congressman Walter H. Judd; Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera); Ruth duPont, wife of Henry Francis duPont (back to camera); businessman and philanthropist Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.; Pauline V. Hoving, wife of Tiffany & Company owner Walter Hoving (partially hidden); Aziz Ahmed, Pakistan Ambassador to the United States. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-10-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): General Maxwell Taylor, former Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Miriam Judd, wife of Minnesota Congressman Walter H. Judd; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; businessman and philanthropist Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.; Pauline V. Hoving, wife of Tiffany & Company owner Walter Hoving (back to camera); Aziz Ahmed, Pakistan Ambassador to the United States (back to camera); Jean Kennedy Smith (partially hidden); David Bell, Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6280-1L
Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy along Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Motorcade with Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; and Secretary of State Dean Rusk passes the reviewing stand. Members of the Kennedy family watch, including the President's brother Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy; sisters Jean Kennedy Smith, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver; and brother-in-law R. Sargent Shriver.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C231-12-63
President John F. Kennedy greets military officials upon his arrival aboard a U.S. Army helicopter at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Left to right (facing camera): President Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith (partially hidden); U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-29189
President John F. Kennedy observes as an unidentified woman stands at a lectern at Capodichino Airport in Naples, Italy; President Kennedy delivered remarks at the airport before departing for the United States. Also pictured: President of Italy, Antonio Segni; Prime Minister of Italy, Giovanni Leone; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard; Chief of the Italian Defense Staff, General Aldo Rossi; Italian Chief of Protocol, Angelo Corrias; Italian Ambassador to the United States, Sergio Fenoaltea; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Italian Minister of Defense, Giulio Andreotti; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Attilio Piccioni; U.S. State Department interpreters, Neil Seidenman and José de Seabra; White House Secret Service agents, Toby Chandler and Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-29187
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Capodichino Airport in Naples, Italy, before departing for the United States. Also pictured: President of Italy, Antonio Segni; Italian Ambassador to the United States, Sergio Fenoaltea; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Prime Minister of Italy, Giovanni Leone; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Attilio Piccioni; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Jean Kennedy Smith; U.S. State Department interpreters, Neil Seidenman and José de Seabra; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel. Air Force One is visible in the background.