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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-09
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] decision to enter politics right after WWII; JFK’s campaign for the House of Representatives and Kennedy family and supporters’ roles in it; JFK as a campaigner, strengths and weaknesses; traveling around the world with JFK in 1951 and meeting foreign leaders; JFK’s interest in foreign affairs while in Congress; JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Massachusetts Democratic Party; Adlai E. Stevenson; Paul A. Dever; the tea parties for JFK’s campaigns; the organization of JFK’s 1952 campaign; and the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the question of the vice-presidential nomination, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-28-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
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JFKWHP-1963-06-27-A
KN37
Photograph folder
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JFKWHP-1963-06-26-H
KN37
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JFKWHP-1963-06-26-G
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
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JFKWHP-1963-06-26-E
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
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JFKWHP-1963-06-25-B
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
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JFKWHP-1963-07-02-E
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-C
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-B
ST27
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-B
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-E
KN37
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29318
Aides and members of President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service detail ride in an open convertible in Naples, Italy. Driving: White House Secret Service agent, Hank Rybka. Seated in jump seat: Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers. Seated in back seat: Secret Service agents, Jerry Blaine and Dave Grant. [Discoloration at center is original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-KN-C29317
Aides and members of President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service detail ride in an open convertible in Naples, Italy. Seated in front seat: White House Secret Service agents, Hank Rybka (driving) and Floyd Boring. Seated in jump seat: Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers. Seated in back seat: Secret Service agents, Jerry Blaine and Dave Grant.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29275
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military command in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy; President Kennedy visited the NATO headquarters to attend a meeting and deliver remarks. Commander-in-Chief of AFSOUTH, Admiral James S. Russell, walks with President Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr., follows behind. Walking in background (L-R): Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, James J. Rowley.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29299
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with U.S. Army Sergeant Major Richard C. Whitfield during a lunch with military officers in the mess hall at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Commander of U.S. Army in Europe, General Paul L. Freeman, Jr.; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Associated Press photographer, Henry Burroughs.
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-10-63
President John F. Kennedy (standing in fourth car) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Naples, Italy. President of Italy, Antonio Segni, stands with President Kennedy. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, James J. Rowley, and Roy Kellerman. The Castel Nuovo is visible in the background. Crowds line the street.
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JFKWHP-ST-A7-4-63
Aides and members of President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service detail ride in an open convertible in Naples, Italy. Seated in back seat: Secret Service agents, Dave Grant and Jerry Blaine. Seated in jump seat: Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Seated in front seat: White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Hank Rybka (driving). A motorcycle escort travels with the car.
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JFKWHP-ST-C231-6-63
President John F. Kennedy visits the Pontifical North American College (also known as American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States) in Rome, Italy. Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Cardinal Cushing (right), greets Jean Kennedy Smith; President Kennedy (right, back to camera) looks on. Rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Monsignor Martin J. O’Connor, stands at left in foreground; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers, stands at far right in background. Three unidentified members of the clergy stand in background.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29367
Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Dave Powers, and United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey, pose with members of the Bunratty Castle singers, dressed in medieval costume, at the Shannon Airport during President Kennedy's departure from Ireland. Back row (L-R): Una Kelly; Jacqueline Doyle; Special Assistant Powers; Bobby O'Brien; Joy de Burgh O'Brien; Ambassador McCloskey; Breda O'Donovan; Briget Fitzgerald; and the entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill (holding flowers). Front row (L-R): Mary McElligott (in blue and white dress) and harpist, Fionnuala O'Sullivan (in red and white dress). Two unidentified Gardaí (police) stand to the left of the group. Shannon, Ireland.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29372
President John F. Kennedy (center right) stands in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Galway, Ireland; the Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan, sits to the right of President Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; and Secret Service agent Bill Greer (driving) sit in the front seat of the President's convertible. Also pictured, in car behind the President's: Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; and Secret Service agents Floyd Boring, Paul A. Burns, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29350
President John F. Kennedy (center) waves from an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Galway, Ireland. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; and Secret Service agent Bill Greer (driving) sit in the front seat of President Kennedy's convertible. Also pictured, in second car: Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; and Secret Service agents Floyd Boring, Roy Kellerman, and Sam Sulliman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29333
President John F. Kennedy (center) stands in an open convertible as his motorcade travels through Galway, Ireland; the Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan, sits to the right of President Kennedy. White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; and Secret Service agent Bill Greer (driving) sit in the front seat of the President's convertible. Also pictured, in second car: Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; and Secret Service agents Floyd Boring, Paul A. Burns, and Roy Kellerman. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; the Irish Honour Guard and crowds line the street. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-C230-31-63
President John F. Kennedy (standing in second car) waves to crowds from the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) as his motorcade travels through West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Standing with the President: Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer. Also pictured: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and David F. Powers; Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; White House Secret Service agents, Jerry Blaine, Sam Sulliman, Floyd Boring, Roy Kellerman, and Paul A. Burns. People line the street to watch to motorcade pass.