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.