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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-25-B
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-07-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-E
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-C
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-16-B
ST33, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-F
ST14
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C53-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left, partially hidden) presents a gift of a plaque to retiring Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (right, at microphones), during General Decker's Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) ceremony; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (back to camera), holds plaque at left. Standing in back (L-R): Representative George H. Mahon of Texas (partially hidden on edge of frame); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Helen Decker; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); General Maxwell D. Taylor; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze (partially hidden); General Decker's children, James Inman Decker and Jane Decker Francisco; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-77-63
Commander of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake in California, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. (left), presents President John F. Kennedy with a model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile during his visit to NOTS' Michelson Laboratory; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean, stands at right. A portrait of physicist, Albert A. Michelson, hangs on the wall in the background. [Notes: See also MO 63.1920, "Model of AGM-45 Shrike Missile", from the John F. Kennedy Administration Collection.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-10-63
Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (left) presents President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) with a scale model of the Sergeant missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; the President visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Left to right: Sergeant First Class James W. Ray; SFC Swits; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (face obscured); White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn (far right, face hidden). [See also MO 63.2019, "Model of Sergeant Missile," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C188-1-63
United States Military Academy cadets of West Point present President John F. Kennedy with a copy of the 1963 "Howitzer" yearbook. Left to right, in foreground: Cadet David W. Knowlton, editor of the yearbook; Cadet First Captain Lyndol L. Cook, class president; and President Kennedy. An unidentified woman (left) and White House Secret Service agent Frank Yeager stand in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-78-63
President John F. Kennedy and others pose in front of a portrait of physicist, Albert A. Michelson, at Michelson Laboratory at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Left to right: Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; President Kennedy; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean. A model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile, given to the President by Captain Blenman as a gift, sits on the table at left. [Notes: See also MO 63.1920, "Model of AGM-45 Shrike Missile", from the John F. Kennedy Administration Collection. Blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-18-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (left), who presented President Kennedy with a scale model of the Sergeant missile at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; the President visited White Sands to view missile demonstrations. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (holding Sergeant missile model); Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. [See also MO 63.2019, "Model of Sergeant Missile," from the John F. Kennedy Museum Collection.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-17-63
Sergeant First Class Jimmie Grimes (left) presents Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) with a plaque featuring a model of the Pershing missile system at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) and Vice President Johnson visited the missile range to view demonstrations. Also pictured: Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (left of Vice President Johnson); Sergeant First Class Harman D. Swits, III (far right, mostly out of frame).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C407-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: unidentified military officer; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin; and two unidentified sailors. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C407-8-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) puts on a windbreaker presented as a gift from the crews of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). Left to right (in foreground): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (back to camera); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C407-6-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) puts on a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) presented as a gift from the crews of both ships. Left to right (in foreground): Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C407-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (right, wearing sunglasses) receives a plaque from crew members of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) during his visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island, at sea off the coast of Florida; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (far right, with back to camera), looks on. President Kennedy sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 63.2185, “Plaque Commemorating Polaris A-2 Firing”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C407-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) walks with Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, toward a United States Marine Corps helicopter prior to his departure from the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida; sailors (flanking both sides) salute President Kennedy. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; and Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. The President (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN-619, presented as a gift from the crews of both ships) sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C400-46-63
During a visit aboard the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) watches a demonstration of the firing of a Polaris A-2 missile from the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: unidentified military officer (partially hidden on edge of frame); White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (in back); Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C400-45-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) speaks by radiotelephone to the crew of the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) from the deck of the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154), at sea off the coast of Florida. Left to right: three unidentified military personnel; Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Captain Roderick O. Middleton (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy (wearing a windbreaker bearing the insignias of USS Observation Island and USS Andrew Jackson presented as a gift from the crews of both ships); Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin; and two unidentified sailors. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C400-38-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) puts on a windbreaker bearing the insignias of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) presented as a gift from the crews of both ships. Left to right (in foreground): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and Director of Special Projects (USN), Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C400-25-63
During a visit on board the United States Naval ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) at sea off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy (center right, wearing sunglasses) holds a windbreaker presented as a gift from the crews of the USS Observation Island and the submarine USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619). Standing with President Kennedy are (L-R): Deputy Commander of the Submarine Force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; and Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley, stands in the background at far right. The President sailed aboard the ship to view a Polaris A-2 missile launch demonstration from the submarine. [See also MO 75.704, “United States Naval Jacket”]
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JFKWHP-ST-C346-1-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with President of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation, General Omar N. Bradley (left); General Bradley presents President Kennedy with the first volume of General Marshall's biography, "George C. Marshall: Education of a General, 1880-1939," written by Forrest C. Pogue. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratches on image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-426-12-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) presents a gift of a plaque to retiring Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (right, at microphones), during General Decker's Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) ceremony; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, holds plaque at left. Standing in back (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Representative George H. Mahon (Texas); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Helen Decker; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (mostly hidden); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; General Decker's children, James Inman Decker and Jane Decker Francisco; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-M5-1-62
President John F. Kennedy presents outgoing Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. (right), with a plaque in recognition of Secretary Stahr’s service; the plaque features President Kennedy's inauguration coin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.