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JFKWHP-KN-C23307
President John F. Kennedy and Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (both on speakers' platform at center left), depress plungers to trigger explosions for the groundbreaking of the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California. White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley, stands at left in front of platform. [Spots along right edge of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23306
View of spectators gathered in Los Banos, California, for the groundbreaking ceremony of the San Luis Dam, attended by President John F. Kennedy.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23305
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California. White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley and Win Lawson, stand in front of speakers' platform; members of the press observe. A United States Army helicopter sits in background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23304
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California. White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley and Win Lawson, stand in front of speakers' platform; members of the press observe. A United States Army helicopter sits in background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23291
View of spectators gathered in Los Banos, California, for the groundbreaking ceremony of the San Luis Dam, attended by President John F. Kennedy; groundbreaking explosions are visible in the distance. [Spots along right edge of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23289
President John F. Kennedy, Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (both on speakers' platform at left), and others view explosions at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23288
President John F. Kennedy, Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (both on speakers' platform at left), and others applaud as they view explosions at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-020-007-p0066
Tahchevah Wash in Palm Springs, California. John W. Bryant, Chief Engineer of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, sent this photograph and two others to Phil Reagan [Regan] with a letter dated February 19, 1963. The photographs show the rapid development in the area protected by the Tachevah Creek Flood Control Project between 1957 and 1962. It is presumed that Regan, a "human relations representative," forwarded the letter and photographs to President John F. Kennedy at the request of Mr. Bryant. [Notes: Stamp on recto of photographic print reads, "Tahchevah Wash, January 1957."]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A3-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) greets visitors at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman, stands left of President Kennedy.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23327
White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (right), stands with an unidentified man at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California, attended by President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-020-007-p0068
Tahchevah Wash in Palm Springs, California. John W. Bryant, Chief Engineer of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, sent this photograph and two others to Phil Reagan [Regan] with a letter dated February 19, 1963. The photographs show the rapid development in the area protected by the Tachevah Creek Flood Control Project between 1957 and 1962. It is presumed that Regan, a "human relations representative," forwarded the letter and photographs to President John F. Kennedy at the request of Mr. Bryant. [Notes: Stamp on recto of photographic print reads, "Tahchevah Wash, May 1961."]
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-020-007-p0067
Tahchevah Wash in Palm Springs, California. John W. Bryant, Chief Engineer of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, sent this photograph and two others to Phil Reagan [Regan] with a letter dated February 19, 1963. The photographs show the rapid development in the area protected by the Tachevah Creek Flood Control Project between 1957 and 1962. It is presumed that Regan, a "human relations representative," forwarded the letter and photographs to President John F. Kennedy at the request of Mr. Bryant. [Notes: Stamp on recto of photographic print reads, "Tahchevah Wash, 1962."]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C310-9-63
View of the crowd assembled at Whiskeytown Lake for the dedication of Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir in Whiskeytown, California; President John F. Kennedy delivered an address for the occasion. An unidentified officer from the Shasta County (California) Sheriff’s Posse stands at right in foreground.
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JFKWHP-ST-C310-8-63
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication of the Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir in Whiskeytown, California. Those on platform include: Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Congressman Harold T. Johnson (California); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Lawrence W. Carr, of the California Democratic Committee; California State Senator, Edwin J. Regan; California State Assemblywoman, Pauline L. Davis; Senator Alan Bible (Nevada); Deputy Director of the California Conservation Division, Fred J. Engle, Jr.; Federal District Court Judge, Oliver J. Carter, of San Francisco; Regional Director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Robert J. Pafford, Jr. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Bill Duncan.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C310-7-63
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern, left foreground) delivers remarks at the dedication of the Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir in Whiskeytown, California. Those on platform include: Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; Congressman Harold T. Johnson (California); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Lawrence W. Carr, of the California Democratic Committee; California State Senator, Edwin J. Regan; California State Assemblywoman, Pauline L. Davis; Senator Alan Bible (Nevada); Deputy Director of the California Conservation Division, Fred J. Engle, Jr.; Federal District Court Judge, Oliver J. Carter, of San Francisco; Regional Director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Robert J. Pafford, Jr. Also pictured (below platform): White House Secret Service agents, Bill Duncan, Paul Burns, and Jerry Blaine.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C310-5-63
President John F. Kennedy views the Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir at Whiskeytown Lake during the dam’s dedication ceremony in Whiskeytown, California. Left to right: Congressman Harold T. Johnson (California); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; President Kennedy; Regional Director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Robert J. Pafford, Jr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C310-4-63
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Whiskeytown Lake for the Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir dedication ceremony in Whiskeytown, California. Left to right: Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (in background); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in background); Congressman Harold T. Johnson (California); Regional Director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Robert J. Pafford, Jr.; President Kennedy; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Paul Burns.
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JFKWHP-ST-C310-1-63
President John F. Kennedy attends the dedication of the Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir in Whiskeytown, California. Left to right: Senator Alan Bible (Nevada); unidentified; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; unidentified; President Kennedy; unidentified; Lawrence W. Carr, of the California Democratic Committee; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; unidentified; Regional Director for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Robert J. Pafford, Jr.; Congressman Harold T. Johnson (California); two unidentified persons; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1058-003
This folder contains speeches and a transcript of a press conference given by Senator John F. Kennedy in California discussing agricultural issues, national security, international relations, natural resources, civil rights, religious matters, and differences between the Democratic and Republican campaign platforms.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1057-002
This folder contains speeches given by Senator John F. Kennedy and transcripts of question and answer sessions in California, Oregon, and Washington. Topics include the economy, agricultural issues, international relations, national security and defense, natural resources, energy, education, and labor. Also included in this folder is Senator Kennedy’s schedule for September 6-7, 1960.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1027-005
This folder contains press releases, statements, speeches, and transcripts of press conferences given by Senator John F. Kennedy in Alaska, California, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Washington during his 1960 presidential campaign. Topics addressed include voter registration, labor, legislation and congressional relations, the 1960 campaign, natural resources, Communism, Latin America, and the Soviet Union.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1037-005
This folder contains correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy’s campaign staff and various individuals from California, summary reports from the California Democratic Council (CDC), an issue of Democrats United newspaper, and background information about California delegates. Topics include civil rights, housing, agriculture, natural resources, the economy, election reform, and international relations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C310-11-63
View of Whiskeytown Lake during the dedication of Whiskeytown Dam and Reservoir in Whiskeytown, California. President John F. Kennedy and others sit on the platform in center as Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, delivers remarks.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23342
President John F. Kennedy (center, mostly hidden in crowd) greets visitors at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (back to camera), stands right of President Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-ST-60-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington) after signing reclamation contracts for two water irrigation projects, the Columbia Basin Project in Washington State and the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project in California. Standing (left to right): unidentified; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (in back, mostly obscured); unidentified (mostly obscured); unidentified (in front); Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (Colorado); Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (Washington); General Manager of the Westlands Water District, Ralph M. Brody (in back, mostly obscured); Senator Clair Engle (California); President of the Westlands Water District, Russell Giffen; Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Magnuson; Representative Julia Butler Hansen (Washington); unidentified (in back); Representative Michael J. Kirwan (Ohio); Representative Walter Rogers (Texas); unidentified. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.