Photograph
White House Photographs
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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. Standing in group at center of stairs (L-R): owner of the Australian yacht, “Gretel”, Sir Frank Packer; Catherine Schroeder Mercer; Patricia Ryan Mosbacher; President Kennedy; captain of the American yacht, “Weatherly”, Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr. (back to camera); and owner of “Weatherly”, Henry D. Mercer. Associate White House Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher, stands at far left; all others are unidentified.