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JFKWHP-KN-C23638
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, Charlie Kunkel, Win Lawson, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23637
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (speaking into microphone); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, Charlie Kunkel, Win Lawson, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23636
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (speaking into microphone); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23635
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Roy Kellerman, Toby Chandler, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23634
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Frank Yeager, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23633
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of the Gemini space capsule, during a tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. On platform, in foreground (L-R): McDonnell engineer, Elbert Wiegand (seated in cockpit of the two-man spacecraft); Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and General Manager of Projects Mercury and Gemini, Walter F. Burke (back to camera); President Kennedy; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Senator Edward V. Long (Missouri); Vice President and General Counsel of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Thomas G. Rutledge; Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Frank Yeager, Charlie Kunkel, Bill Duncan, and Joe Paolella. The President visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23703
President John F. Kennedy (center, partially hidden in crowd) and others view a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); White House Secret Service agent, Emory Roberts. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (hidden in crowd) and others view a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23696
President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Discoloration along top edge of image is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C23628
President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (mostly out of frame); Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft (partially hidden); Commander Schirra; unidentified; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb (partially out of frame). The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Commander Schirra; unidentified; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Ron Pontius, and Bill Duncan. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, mostly hidden in crowd) and others stand in front of a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Saturn Project Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rocco Petrone; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (hidden in crowd) and others view a Saturn rocket launch site under construction at Launch Complex 37, during a tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also pictured: Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell (in back, partially hidden); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (back to camera); President Kennedy (mostly hidden, facing away); Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back); Commander Schirra; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; unidentified (in back); Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York). The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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JFKWHP-KN-23725
President John F. Kennedy (center foreground, partially hidden) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Bill Duncan. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.