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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-B
ST13, KN22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-A
ST13, KN22
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23688
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) views a mock-up of a Gemini capsule with paraglider, during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands left of President Kennedy; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (facing camera), stands in center. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [Blemishes near bottom of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23650
President John F. Kennedy (left, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Honorary Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. William V. Houston; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Members of the press sit at right in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-38-62
President John F. Kennedy receives a scale model of the Apollo command module from Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (at lectern), following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Standing in back: Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Photographers observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A16-34-62
President John F. Kennedy (right) tours spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (mostly hidden, right of President Kennedy), briefs the President on a mock-up of the lunar lander, also known as "the Bug" (partially visible at left); a mock-up of a Gemini paraglider is visible in the background. Also pictured: Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. President Kennedy visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23712
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Honorary Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. William V. Houston; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott. Spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23710
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Honorary Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. William V. Houston; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott. Spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23795
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of a Gemini capsule with paraglider (partially visible at far left), during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera) stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23793
President John F. Kennedy views a mock-up of a Gemini capsule with paraglider, during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera) stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Representative George P. Miller (California). The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.