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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-21-A
ST09
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A-C18-2-62
President John F. Kennedy stands with Chief of White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Colonel George J. McNally, during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Robert Bright, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), stands, mostly in shadow, at far left. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed a gold telegraph key (on patio table at bottom right) to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-139-16-62
President John F. Kennedy (crouching at patio table) presses a gold telegraph key during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Chief of White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Colonel George J. McNally, stands at left; an unidentified cameraman (on far edge of frame) films at right. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed the telegraph key to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-139-13-62
President John F. Kennedy stands with Chief of White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Colonel George J. McNally (left), during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Robert Bright, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), stands, mostly hidden, behind Colonel McNally. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed a gold telegraph key (on patio table at bottom right) to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-139-12-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with Robert Bright, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), and Chief of White House Communications Agency (WHCA), Colonel George J. McNally (back to camera), during the opening ceremony for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (also known as the Century 21 Exposition) from the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy delivered remarks by telephone and pressed a gold telegraph key to open the fair via satellite signal from Palm Beach.