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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-11-D
ST13, KN22
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23625
President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall; Commander Schirra; President Kennedy; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston. Site workers observe in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23626
President John F. Kennedy stands with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra and others, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall; Commander Schirra; President Kennedy; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston. Site workers observe in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-15-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra (center right), during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall (facing away), stands left of Commander Schirra; site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-10-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra (back to camera), during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston, stands left of President Kennedy; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (back to camera), stands behind Commander Schirra in foreground. Also pictured: Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall; Director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; Minister of Defence of Great Britain, Peter Thorneycroft; Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-17-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) tours the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right (in foreground): Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall (facing the camera); Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus (back to camera); President Kennedy; unidentified military officer; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (partially hidden); Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis (partially hidden on far right edge of frame). Site workers and military personnel stand in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [Red mark on right side of image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-387-9-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra, during a tour of the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Left to right: Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall (partially out of frame); Commander Schirra; President Kennedy; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston. Site workers observe in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23730
President John F. Kennedy tours the Mercury-Atlas Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Walking in foreground (L-R): Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center, Major General Leighton I. Davis; Commander of the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing, Colonel Paul R. Wignall; unidentified photographer; astronaut Commander Walter M. Schirra (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Launch Operations Center, Dr. Kurt H. Debus; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Frank Yeager. Site workers and military personnel stand in background. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.