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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (partially hidden) arrive at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. Walking behind: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Governor of Texas, John B. Connally, Jr.; Nellie Connally. Also pictured: Dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Jack Ready, Roy Kellerman, Rufus Youngblood, Ernie Olsson, Dick Johnsen, and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy greets crowds upon his arrival at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Dick Johnsen, Ernie Olsson, and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (holding bouquet of yellow roses) arrive at Houston International Airport in Houston, Texas; Air Force One is visible in the background. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; and White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius.
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View of a United States Coast Guard boat in the water off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, during Labor Day weekend. Those standing in boat include: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Ken Wiesman.
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Mourners enter the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for the requiem mass in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Charles A. Halleck (Indiana); Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Counsel to President Kennedy, Theodore C. Sorensen; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Auxiliary Bishop of New York, Bishop John J. Maguire; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Ron Pontius. Washington, D.C. [Discoloration along left side of image is original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy greets attendees of a dinner held by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands at far left.
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President John F. Kennedy attends the “All New England Salute Dinner” in his honor at the Commonwealth Armory in Boston, Massachusetts. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) stands right of President Kennedy; co-chairman of the dinner and Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Howard W. Fitzpatrick, stands behind the President. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands in foreground.
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President John F. Kennedy departs the Commonwealth Armory in Boston, Massachusetts, following the “All New England Salute Dinner” in his honor; members of the Massachusetts State Police escort President Kennedy and his party. Also pictured: co-chairman of the dinner and Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Howard W. Fitzpatrick; White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Floyd Boring, Paul A. Burns, and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Jerry Blaine, and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
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President John F. Kennedy bids farewell to Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, following a meeting. Also pictured: Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ketema Yifru; Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. West Wing Entrance, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line New York Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line New York Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, and Bert de Freese. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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Actor and comedian, Bob Hope, delivers remarks after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal, presented by President John F. Kennedy in recognition of his services to the country as an entertainer during World War II. Left to right: unidentified; Representative Michael A. Feighan (Ohio); President Kennedy; Mr. Hope’s wife, Dolores Hope; Mr. Hope; unidentified (behind Mr. Hope); Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois). Also pictured (standing at left, in background): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with delegates of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) Convention during a visit in the Rose Garden. Accompanying the group: Rector of the University of Louvain (Belgium), Bishop Honoré Van Waeyenbergh; President of the Catholic University (Taiwan), Archbishop Paul Yü Pin; Chancellor of the Catholic University of Pelotas (Brazil), Bishop Antônio Zattera; President of the IFCU and Rector of the Catholic University of America, Bishop William J. McDonald. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Dick Johnsen. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens during a visit in the Rose Garden. President of the National Council of Senior Citizens and former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, Aimé J. Forand, stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Mrs. Harold Hancock of Detroit, Michigan; Bessie Gottlieb of Wilmette, Illinois; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens in the Rose Garden. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Special Assistant to the President, John J. McNally; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Jerry Blaine, and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
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President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.