Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23591
President John F. Kennedy (center, gesturing with right hand) 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. Standing in foreground (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Catherine Schroeder Mercer (behind Mrs. Kennedy); owner of the Australian yacht, “Gretel”, Sir Frank Packer; Patricia Ryan Mosbacher (behind Sir Packer, mostly obscured); President Kennedy; captain of the American yacht, “Weatherly”, Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr., captain of “Gretel”, Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock; owner of “Weatherly”, Henry D. Mercer; unidentified. All others are unidentified.