Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C40-6-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, facing away from camera) stands on the steps outside Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, with crew members of the yachts competing in the 1962 America’s Cup race, during a reception in their honor. Those standing in foreground include (L-R): owner of the Australian yacht, “Gretel”, Sir Frank Packer; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Patricia Ryan Mosbacher (right of Mrs. Kennedy, in back); Catherine Schroeder Mercer; captain of “Gretel”, Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock; (right of Mrs. Mercer, in back); President Kennedy; captain of the American yacht, “Weatherly”, Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr.; and owner of the “Weatherly”, Henry D. Mercer. Also pictured: newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. (far right foreground, facing away); all others are unidentified.