Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-079a-010-p0062
Model of the sod-buster plow presented to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962. Standing left to right are: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, President Kennedy, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C. This photograph is also in Abbie Rowe (National Park Service) series, White House Photographs collection (see JFKWHP-AR7040-B).