Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23592
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands on the steps outside Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, with crew members of the yachts competing in the 1962 America’s Cup race, during a reception in their honor. Those standing in foreground include (L-R): owner of the Australian yacht, “Gretel”, Sir Frank Packer; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Patricia Ryan Mosbacher (behind Mrs. Kennedy); Catherine Schroeder Mercer; captain of “Gretel”, Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock (behind Mrs. Mercer); President Kennedy; captain of the American yacht, “Weatherly”, Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr. (right of the President, in back); and owner of “Weatherly”, Henry D. Mercer. All others are unidentified.