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JFKWHP-KN-C20300
Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center, in profile) receives a key to the city from Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke (back to camera, facing Lieutenant Colonel Glenn) during a reception in his honor. Those looking on include (L-R): President John F. Kennedy (in profile), Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia Edgar Morris (right of President Kennedy), District of Columbia Commissioner John B. Duncan (partially hidden, right of Commissioner Clarke), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right of Glenn), President Kennedy's niece Marie Shriver (in front, wearing red coat), Congressman Paul G. Rogers (partially hidden behind Vice President Johnson), Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb (in profile, holding hat), Dr. Homer W. Castor, father-in-law of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (wearing hat), and Margaret A. Castor, mother-in-law of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (partially hidden at edge of image). North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20299
Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke (center left, in profile) presents astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center) with a key to the city during a reception honoring Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. President John F. Kennedy (in profile) and his niece, Maria Shriver (back to camera, wearing red coat), look on from left; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (holding hat) and Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) James E. Webb (right of Vice President Johnson) look on from right. Dr. Homer W. Castor, father-in-law of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (wearing hat), and Margaret A. Castor, mother-in-law of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn (mostly hidden at edge of image) stand at far right; unidentified photographers take photos at far left. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20297
Drawing the route of his orbital flight, Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right) signs the American Geographical Society's (AGS) Fliers' and Explorers' Globe in the Oval Office of the White House at a reception in his honor. President John F. Kennedy (far left), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back), AGS Director Charles B. Hitchcock (in profile, wearing glasses), and several children, including President Kennedy's nephew Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (in foreground, second from left), look on from left. Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20296
Drawing the route of his orbital flight, Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right) signs the American Geographical Society's (AGS) Fliers' and Explorers' Globe in the Oval Office of the White House at a reception in his honor. Looking on (L-R): President John F. Kennedy's nephew Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (back to camera), AGS Director Charles B. Hitchcock, and unidentified child (back to camera).