Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-008-p0042
Interior view of the United States Naval Academy yawl "Gypsy." This photograph and three others were sent to Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard with an offer for President John F. Kennedy to hold an "Honorary Life Membership" to the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron. Commander Shepard forwarded the photographs to President Kennedy with a memorandum dated March 16, 1961. The typed caption on the front of the photograph reads: "View from main cabin looking aft to ladder to the cockpit." The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. MD., SPA 1887, Date Jan 26, 1961, Released official Naval photograph. If published credit line must read "Official U.S. Navy Photograph."