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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-10-B
AR37, ST25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-G
AR27, ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-04-C
AR33
Collection
USDLP
Photographs, 1961-1963. Black-and-white photographs from the United States Department of Labor made during John F. Kennedy’s Presidency, featuring John F. Kennedy, Secretaries of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg and W. Willard Wirtz, and others; and images used to illustrate Department of Labor programs and initiatives.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-304-8-63
President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): unidentified photographer; President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Winston L. Prouty (Vermont); Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), William F. Schnitzler; Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz (partially hidden behind Ms. Christensen); Representative Carlton Sickles (Maryland); President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Representative Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Representative Julia Butler Hansen of Washington (in back); Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Representative Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia (in back wearing hat); Director of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Women’s Department, Caroline Davis; Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller (in back); Representative Catherine May (Washington); Senator Maurine Neuberger of Oregon (on edge of frame).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-304-4-63
President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Others (L-R): Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson (on edge of frame); unidentified stenographer (seated); President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; Representative Florence Price Dwyer (New Jersey); Representative James G. O’Hara (Michigan); President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height; former Director of the Women’s Bureau in the Department of Labor, Mary Anderson; Representative Charles E. Goodell of New York (in back, partially hidden); Representative Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Representative Edith Green (Oregon); unidentified woman (behind Representative Green); Representative Edna Kelly (New York); Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz (partially hidden behind Representative Kelly); Representative Catherine May of Washington (head turned); Director of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Women’s Department, Caroline Davis; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller (in back); Representative Leonor K. Sullivan of Missouri (face partially hidden). Also listed in the President’s schedule is Director of Legislation for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), Mary M. Chittenden.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-304-3-63
President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Winston L. Prouty (Vermont); President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height; former Director of the Women’s Bureau in the Department of Labor, Mary Anderson; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Representative Leonor K. Sullivan of Missouri (in back, face partially hidden); Representative Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Representative James G. O’Hara (Michigan); Representative Martha W. Griffiths (Michigan); Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz (in back); President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles (head turned); Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7746-J
President John F. Kennedy attends a dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor. Left to right: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Labor, Esther Peterson; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; unidentified (in back); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Postmaster General, J. Edward Day. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-407-6-62
President John F. Kennedy observes as W. Willard Wirtz (center) is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Standing in back (L-R): Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratch in lower right portion of image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-407-5-62
President John F. Kennedy observes as W. Willard Wirtz (center) is sworn in as Secretary of Labor; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House, Herbert L. Miller, administers the oath. Standing in back (L-R): Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz; William Wilbur Wirtz; Philip Wirtz; Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-407-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) shakes hands with Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (center left), during Secretary Wirtz's swearing-in ceremony. Looking on (L-R): President of Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Cornelius J. Haggerty; President of the AFL-CIO, George Meany; William Wilbur Wirtz; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz (face obscured); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz (partially hidden); Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell of New York (partially hidden); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-407-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) visits with Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz (center left), during Secretary Wirtz's swearing-in ceremony. Looking on (L-R): President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Mary Jane Quisenberry Wirtz (face obscured); Jeann Sohner Wirtz; Philip Wirtz (partially hidden); Kathryn Jeann Wirtz; Richard Wirtz; Gerald T. Conde; Marian Wirtz Conde; Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, George L. P. Weaver; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Representative Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller; two unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.